Jennifer Howard (1)Reseñas

This little book packs a wonderful punch. It is both a touching personal memoir of loss and cleaning, and a history of, well, "stuff." I read it in one go, and enjoyed every minute.½

A history of how we ended up drowning in a sea of possessions. The book gives a good overview of what happens to all that "stuff" once we no longer want it. We should be aware that it really never goes away whether because it is being reused by someone else, think Goodwill, or whether it ends up in a landfill or floating around in the ocean. The book explains how we became addicted to buying more and more things beginning in the Victorian era, and continuing through present times where our social standing is often equated with how many possessions we own, or as the author points out how many possessions own us.

This is not a how to book but the author says organizing experts recommend that we buy less things of better quality so they last longer, and pay attention to the well known adage "Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without: In other words, as the author points out, there are no easy answers.