| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
276 pages ; 22 cm |
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text rdacontent |
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unmediated rdamedia |
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volume rdacarrier |
| Summary |
The author draws on his experiences as both a hoarder and an investigator to profile subjects ranging from professional decluttering services and anti-hoarding therapy to the brain science behind hoarding and the way clutter affects relationships. |
| Contents |
Prologue with grocery bags -- The Chinese puzzle box -- What's wrong with me? -- Some kind of flâneur -- Let the right one in -- Brothers Grim -- The cut-glass hand bell -- Mastering disaster -- Dodge days, or, Letting go of L.A. -- Home comforting -- The real stuff -- The notorious bungalow --Freud's "dirty" couch -- The red fish -- Gordon's know -- Postscript. |
| Subject |
Yourgrau, Barry -- Mental health.
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Compulsive hoarding.
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Housekeeping.
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Storage in the home.
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Authors -- Biography.
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Yourgrau, Barry -- Homes and haunts.
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| ISBN |
9780393241778 hardcover |
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0393241777 hardcover |
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