{"product_id":"clutter-an-untidy-history-paperback","title":"Clutter: An Untidy History - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJennifer Howard\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I'm sitting on the floor in my mother's house, surrounded by stuff.\" So begins Jennifer Howard's \u003ci\u003eClutter\u003c\/i\u003e, an expansive assessment of our relationship to the things that share and shape our lives. Sparked by the painful two-year process of cleaning out her mother's house in the wake of a devastating physical and emotional collapse, Howard sets her own personal struggle with clutter against a meticulously researched history of just how the developed world came to drown in material goods. With sharp prose and an eye for telling detail, she connects the dots between the Industrial Revolution, the Sears \u0026amp; Roebuck catalog, and the Container Store, and shines unsparing light on clutter's darker connections to environmental devastation and hoarding disorder. In a confounding age when Amazon can deliver anything at the click of a mouse and decluttering guru Marie Kondo can become a reality TV star, Howard's bracing analysis has never been more timely.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJennifer Howard\u003c\/b\u003e is a former contributing editor and columnist for \u003cem\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/em\u003e and a former senior reporter for \u003cem\u003eThe Chronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/em\u003e. A frequent contributor to the \u003cem\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/em\u003e and a contributing writer at \u003cem\u003eEdSurge\u003c\/em\u003e, she has written for \u003cem\u003eSlate\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBookforum\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eFine Books \u0026amp; Collections\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eHumanities\u003c\/em\u003e magazine, among many other publications. Her fiction has appeared in \u003cem\u003eVirginia Quarterly Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Collagist\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBlue Moon Review\u003c\/em\u003e, the collection \u003cem\u003eDC Noir\u003c\/em\u003e, and elsewhere. She lives in Washington, DC.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0 x 6.9 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 04, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767666245920,"sku":"9781953368096","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/73dc881c2797d25741580bfb9ec554f3.webp?v=1780314777","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/clutter-an-untidy-history-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}