Mess: One Man's Struggle to Clean Up His House and His Act

Mess: One Man's Struggle to Clean Up His House and His Act
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Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages : 301
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ISBN-10 : 9780393248050
ISBN-13 : 0393248054
Rating : 4/5 (054 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Mess: One Man's Struggle to Clean Up His House and His Act by : Barry Yourgrau

Download or read book Mess: One Man's Struggle to Clean Up His House and His Act written by Barry Yourgrau and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2015-08-10 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hilarious and poignant, a glimpse into the mind of someone who is both a sufferer from and an investigator of clutter. Millions of Americans struggle with severe clutter and hoarding. New York writer and bohemian Barry Yourgrau is one of them. Behind the door of his Queens apartment, Yourgrau’s life is, quite literally, chaos. Confronted by his exasperated girlfriend, a globe-trotting food critic, he embarks on a heartfelt, wide-ranging, and too often uproarious project—part Larry David, part Janet Malcolm—to take control of his crammed, disorderly apartment and life, and to explore the wider world of collecting, clutter, and extreme hoarding. Encounters with a professional declutterer, a Lacanian shrink, and Clutterers Anonymous—not to mention England’s most excessive hoarder—as well as explorations of the bewildering universe of new therapies and brain science, help Yourgrau navigate uncharted territory: clearing shelves, boxes, and bags; throwing out a nostalgic cracked pasta bowl; and sorting through a lifetime of messy relationships. Mess is the story of one man’s efforts to learn to let go, to clean up his space (physical and emotional), and to save his relationship.


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