No, you are not a book hoarder making light of hoarding or any mental illness is disrespectful. Theres also a wonderful young adult novel called dirty little secrets by cynthia omololu the hoarding details are spoton, plus its suspenseful and well written. Frost and gail steketee uses case studies to explain hoarding in easily understandable terms. As a child, jessie sholl conspired to hide her familys secret, tidying the garden so no one would guess the horrors that lay inside the house. A daughter comes clean about her mothers compulsive hoarding by sholl, jessie isbn. Omololu does a riveting job in dirty little secrets.
A daughter comes clean about her mothers compulsive hoarding. If you grew up in a hoarded home, how far would you go to keep the family secrets safe. Dirty little secrets was such an emotional and absolutely disgusting book. Our familys hidden shame life and style the guardian. Omololu excavates dirty little secrets, a hoarding. A daughter comes clean about her mothers compulsive hoarding, jessie sholl offers her readers a vivid look into the life of a hoarders family. Jessie sholl explores the many personal and psychological ramifications of compulsive hoarding. Dirty secret, sholl documents a disease that affects millions of americans and recounts a life spent parenting a mother. She lives in northern california with her husband and two sons. Dirty little secrets tells the story of how lucy, a high school junior, hides the familys hoarding secret from her friends, neighbors, and the normal world. Two cases illustrated in the hefty and illuminating a. I worked with the mom hoarder in the book for years.
This book sheds light on, literally, a dirty secret. I recommend it to anyone touched by hoarding, as well as those who want to understand it. A daughter comes clean about her mothers compulsive hoarding, she recognized herself in. Its one shes been hiding for yearsthat her moms outofcontrol hoarding has turned. To be the child of a compulsive hoarder is to live in a permanent sta. Sally stern is being forced to leave the house where she raised her kids. Sholl shows great courage in sharing this book, her secrets, and herself. I definitely recommend this book for anyone who knows a hoarder, who is struggling with hoarding most of us have those items we refuse to part with, or are just. A fascinating look at compulsive hoarding by a woman whose. Only recently could she finally confront her mother. Omololu doesnt lead the reader on for too long, and we find out the secret quickly. There is a certain satisfaction in holding in your hand a book that you have written, even if you have.
A daughter comes clean about her mothers compulsive hoarding sholl, jessie on. A fascinating look at compulsive hoarding by a woman whose mother suffers from the disease. Compulsive hoarding and the meaning of things by drs. Dirty secret book by jessie sholl official publisher. Dirty secret book by jessie sholl official publisher page simon. Her research with the organization children of hoarders informed dirty little secrets, which is her first novel. To be the child of a compulsive hoarder is to live in a permanent.
Dirty secret, sholl documents a disease that affects millions of americans. Hoarding is not a topic many youngadult writers would tackle. Im irritated by this national post essay, confessions of a book hoarder. Dirty secret a daughter comes clean about her mothers compulsive hoarding.