Year of No Clutter

Description

Everyone eats. Everyone sleeps. Everyone accumulates stuff. The hilarious author of year of no sugar, Eve Schaub, returns with a perfectly-timed memoir, my cluttered life, to tackle the issue of things. Specifically, the 576 sq. ft. room in her house, also known as the Hell Room, that is overflowing with things she can't bring herself to throw away, like her fifth grade report card and pieces of plaster wall stuffed in a box. But what Eve finds as she starts to declutter the Hell Room isn't just more seemingly random stuff, it is a complicated yearning within herself to hold onto things. But is this a disorder? And if it is, is there a cure? Will she always have a clutter room? Will she ever be comfortable letting things go?

"Those who, like Schaub, are looking for a way to declutter that encompasses finding homes for discarded items rather than simply going to a Dumpster, will appreciate Schaub's judgment-free, instructive, funny approach to being a "domestic belonging preservationist" with a place for everything that matters." - Publishers Weekly