Stuff: Compulsive Hoarding and the Meaning of Things
Format: ebook
ISBN:
9780547487250 (0547487258)
Publish date: April 20th 2010
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH)
Pages no: 304
Edition language: English
Both my father and my mother in-law hoard in a big way. In the case of my father, it's to the point where he won't give me my inheritance from my great-great grandmother even though the deal was to give it to me when I bought my first home. My mother in-law's case is a bit more pronounced. She has s...
Very engaging and compassionate study of hoarders. I found it a little repetitive at times, and I would have liked a little more on the "meaning of things" side. Still, it's fascinating reading.
I have one dog and three cats, onec at more than my limit. Any cat above two is “crazy cat women” territory (in my own circumstances) I'm hoping the presence of the dog would offset this. My mom thinks three cats = animal hoarder.She didn’t have to worry, I’m neither an animal hoarder nor a stuf...
No sé si sentirme mejor o peor por mi ligero caso de hoarding.
I've seen a few epsiodes of the Hoarders TV show so I was curious about this book. The book takes a much less sensationalized approach with case studies, the psychological basis for the problems, and the approaches to treating them. Not terribly engrossing but usually very interesting.
10 years ago
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