Dirty Secret

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When her divorced mother was diagnosed with cancer, New York City writer Jessie Sholl returned to her hometown of Minneapolis to help her mother prepare for her upcoming surgery and get her affairs in order. While a daunting task for any aduit dealing with an aging parent, it's compounded for Sholl by one lifelong, complex, and confounding truth: her mother is a compulsive hoarder. DirtySecret'is a daughter's powerful memoir of confronting her mother's disorder, of searching for the normalcy that was never hers as a child, and, finally, cleaning out the clutter of her mother's home in the hopes of salvaging the true heart of their relationship-before it's too late. "Suspenseful and novel-like, Dirty Secret is a wonderful, respectful introduction to the world of a hoarder and the tribulations suffered by both the individual who hoards and their family members." -Fugen Neziroglu, Ph.D., author of Overcoming Compulsive Hoarding: Why You Save &... Tovább

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When her divorced mother was diagnosed with cancer, New York City writer Jessie Sholl returned to her hometown of Minneapolis to help her mother prepare for her upcoming surgery and get her affairs in order. While a daunting task for any aduit dealing with an aging parent, it's compounded for Sholl by one lifelong, complex, and confounding truth: her mother is a compulsive hoarder. DirtySecret'is a daughter's powerful memoir of confronting her mother's disorder, of searching for the normalcy that was never hers as a child, and, finally, cleaning out the clutter of her mother's home in the hopes of salvaging the true heart of their relationship-before it's too late. "Suspenseful and novel-like, Dirty Secret is a wonderful, respectful introduction to the world of a hoarder and the tribulations suffered by both the individual who hoards and their family members." -Fugen Neziroglu, Ph.D., author of Overcoming Compulsive Hoarding: Why You Save & How You Can Stop "From a literal mess of a childhood, Sholl has emerged to teli a compelling and sparkling-clean story that will captivate anyone who has ever tried to let go of the past." -Elisabeth Eaves, author of Bare and Wanderlust JESSIE SHOLL's essays and stories have appeared in national newspapers and journals. She is coeditor of the nonfiction anthology Trave/ers' Tales Prague and the Czech RepubUc and a contributor to EverydayHealth.com. She holds an MFA from The New School University, where she currently teaches creative writing. Vissza