Spent: Memoirs of a Shopping Addict (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780316035606)

As a child, Avis Cardella devoured the glamorous images in her mother's fashion magazines. She grew up to be one of the people in them, living a life that seemed to be filled with labels and luxury. But shopping had become a dangerous addiction. She forwent food for Prada. Credit card debt blossomed like the ever-increasing pile of unworn shoes and clothing in the back of her closet. She defined herself by the things she owned and also lost herself in the mad hunt for the perfect pair of pants or purse that might make her feel whole.

Spent is Avis Cardella's timely, deeply personal, and shockingly dramatic exploration of our cultural need to spend, and of what happens when someone is consumed by the desire to consume.

Author: Avis Cardella
ISBN-10: 0316035602
ISBN-13: 9780316035606
Publisher: Little Brown and Company
Language: English
Published: 05/14/2010
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.86lbs
Size: 8.46h x 6.32w x 0.94d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 03/15/2010
People Weekly 06/07/2010 pg. 67
New York Times Book Review 06/06/2010 pg. 36