{"product_id":"clutter-jennifer-howard-9781948742726","title":"Clutter: An Untidy History","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Jennifer Howard has written a brilliant and beautiful meditation on the nature of our attachment to things. Reading \u003ci\u003eClutter\u003c\/i\u003e made me long for a life without clutter.\"--Malcolm Gladwell\u003c\/b\u003e\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. Inspired by the painful process of cleaning out her mother's house, Howard, a former contributing editor for \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, sets her own personal struggle with clutter against a meticulously researched history of just how the developed world came to drown in material goods.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith 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 an 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\u003cp\u003eSlim and compelling, \u003ci\u003eClutter\u003c\/i\u003e is a book for anyone struggling to understand why they have so much stuff―and what to do about it. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jennifer Howard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1948742721\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781948742726\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Belt Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.40h x 4.90w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/15\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/15\/2020 pg. 28\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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","brand":"Jennifer Howard","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44042489594111,"sku":"9781948742726","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0aeb1277-0977-4625-808c-1a30f71caab2.jpg?v=1684961831","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/clutter-jennifer-howard-9781948742726","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}