Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Dirty Secret/ Jessie Sholl/ 318 pgs.




Oh, yes! another book on Hoarding. This time, the book is written by a daughter of a hoarder. Her mother didn't actually start hoarding until after her daughter had been grown up for quite a few years. However, there was plenty of dysfunction to go around in her childhood and hints of the hoarding to come.




It is well-written and fascinating account about living and surviving in the midst of all this continual trauma and drama. So, that being said, the hoarding may be the theme, but almost just becomes the icing on the cake in this book. She has also done her research and is very knowledgeable so it is interesting to see just how difficult it still is for her on a personal level.




An extensive bibliography is included as well as discussion questions should anyone like this for a book club or therapy group.




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