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Destroy this house : a memoir / by Uhle, Amanda,author.;
The Long family's love was fierce, their lifestyle bizarre, and their deceptions countless. Once her parents were gone, Amanda Uhle realized she was closer to them than anyone else, yet she found herself utterly confounded by the lives they had led. Amanda's striving fashion designer mother and her charismatic wheeler-dealer father wove a complex life together that spanned ten different homes across five states over forty perplexing years. Throughout her childhood, as her mother's hoarding disorder flourished and her father's schemes crumbled, contradictions abounded. They bartered for dental surgery and drove their massive Lincoln Town Car to the food bank. When financial ruin struck, they abandoned their repossessed mansion for humble parish housing, and Amanda's father became a preacher. They swung between being filthy rich and dirt poor, devious and virtuous, lonely and loved, fake and real. In Destroy This House, Amanda sets out to document her parents' unbelievable exploits and her own hard-won escape into independence. With humor and tenderness, Uhle has crafted a heartfelt and utterly unique memoir, capturing the raucousness, pain, joy, and ultimately, the boundless love that exists between all parents and children.
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Biographies.; Informational works.; Humor.; Uhle, Amanda.; Parent and child.; Parenting.; Compulsive hoarding.; Hoarders.; Swindlers and swindling.; Dysfunctional families.;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 10
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Reports of His Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated [sound recording] / by Goodhand, Jamesauthor.(CARDINAL)889960; Noble, Peter;
Read by Peter Noble.A lifetime ago, Ray "Spike" Thorns was a well-regarded caretaker on a boarding school's grounds. These days, he lives the life of a recluse in a house rammed with hoarded junk, alone and disconnected from family or anyone he might have at one time considered a friend. When his next-door neighbor drops dead on Spike's doorstep, a case of mistaken identity ensues: according to the police, the hospital, the doctors-everyone-Spike is dead. Spike wants to correct the mistake, really he does, but when confronted with those who knew him best, he hesitates, forced to face whatever impression he's left on the world. It's a discovery that brings him up close to ghosts from his past, and to the only woman he ever loved. Could it be that in coming face-to-face with his own demise, Spike is able to really live again? And will he be able to put things straight before the inevitable happens-his own funeral? This is the best kind of feel-good fiction: it's deeply affecting but full of clever mishaps and enough laughs along the way. It takes the message from Dead Poets Society and mixes it with the tragedy of It's a Wonderful Life and tops it off with an ultimately lovable guy like in A Man Called Ove. The result is a heartbreakingly beautiful look at life and what we would all do if given a second chance.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Fiction.; Domestic fiction.; Humorous fiction.; Literary Fiction.; Humor.; Recluses; Hoarders; Mistaken identity; Absence and presumption of death;
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Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The little lost library / by Adams, Ellery,author.(CARDINAL)347851;
Includes bibliographical references (pages [309]-310).When Nora Pennington is asked to deliver an order of books to a creepy Gothic mansion on the outskirts of town, Lucille Wynter doesn't answer her door. Nora enters the house to find it bursting with books, and Lucille's lifeless body. Nora and the Secret, Book, and Scone Society attempt to solve a series of murders related to Lucille Wynter's missing books.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Cozy mysteries.; Women detectives; Women booksellers; Hoarders; Libraries; Agoraphobia; Murder;
Available copies: 41 / Total copies: 51
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The gentle art of Swedish death cleaning : how to free yourself and your family from a lifetime of clutter / by Magnusson, Margareta(Artist),author,illustrator.(CARDINAL)350449;
In Sweden there is a kind of decluttering called döstädning, dö meaning "death" and städning meaning "cleaning." Margareta instructs readers to embrace minimalism, and suggests which possessions you can easily get rid of (unworn clothes, unwanted presents, more plates than you'd ever use) and which you might want to keep (photographs, love letters, a few of your children's art projects). Digging into her late husband's tool shed, and her own secret drawer of vices, Margareta introduces an element of fun to a potentially daunting task. Along the way readers get a glimpse into her life in Sweden, and also become more comfortable with the idea of letting go.
Subjects: Self-help publications.; House cleaning.; Storage in the home.; Orderliness.; Estate planning.; Hoarders.; Simplicity.;
Available copies: 37 / Total copies: 54
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The little lost library [large print] / by Adams, Ellery,author(CARDINAL)347851;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 463-465)."An elderly Miracle Springs resident, Lucille Wynter, arranges for Nora to deliver an order of books to her mansion. But when Lucille doesn't come to the door to collect her books, Nora begins to worry. Forcing her way in, Nora is shocked to find rooms bursting with books and a lifeless Lucille at the foot of her stairs. After reading a note left behind by Lucille, Nora wonders if her death was an accident. There's someone who'd do anything to keep the truth buried amid the tomes, and it's up to Nora to track down a murderer before Wynter House's lost library claims another victim"--
Subjects: Large print books.; Detective and mystery fiction.; Cozy mysteries.; Women detectives; Women booksellers; Hoarders; Libraries; Agoraphobia; Murder; Murder;
Available copies: 17 / Total copies: 19
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Waste of a life [large print] / by Brett, Simon,author.(CARDINAL)349287;
Ellen Curtis is about to have her own life thrown into chaos in this third light-hearted decluttering mystery! Declutterer Ellen Curtis has been working to bring order into the life of Cedric Waites, a recluse in his eighties who hasn't left his house or let anyone inside it since his wife died. On one of her regular visits, Ellen finds the old man dead. Sad but, given his age, perhaps not unexpected. Nothing to get worked up about... until the police raise the suspicion that Cedric might have been poisoned! The cause seems be something he ate, and as Ellen cleared away the old man's food containers, she is under suspicion. As is Dodge, who works for Ellen and has unhelpfully done a runner... Meanwhile, a rival declutterer is out to sabotage Ellen's reputable business, her two grown-up children are back home and in crisis, and she has a potential love interest. Ellen's life has taken on a chaotic turn of its own! Can she uncover the killer and bring order back to her own life?
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Cozy mysteries.; Large print books.; Businesspeople; Hoarders; Parent and child; Murder; Mothers and daughters; Widowers;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Waste of a life / by Brett, Simon,author.(CARDINAL)349287;
Ellen Curtis is about to have her own life thrown into chaos in this third light-hearted decluttering mystery! Declutterer Ellen Curtis has been working to bring order into the life of Cedric Waites, a recluse in his eighties who hasn't left his house or let anyone inside it since his wife died. On one of her regular visits, Ellen finds the old man dead. Sad but, given his age, perhaps not unexpected. Nothing to get worked up about... until the police raise the suspicion that Cedric might have been poisoned! The cause seems be something he ate, and as Ellen cleared away the old man's food containers, she is under suspicion. As is Dodge, who works for Ellen and has unhelpfully done a runner... Meanwhile, a rival declutterer is out to sabotage Ellen's reputable business, her two grown-up children are back home and in crisis, and she has a potential love interest. Ellen's life has taken on a chaotic turn of its own! Can she uncover the killer and bring order back to her own life?
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Cozy mysteries.; Businesspeople; Hoarders; Parent and child; Murder; Mothers and daughters; Widowers;
Available copies: 23 / Total copies: 23
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Waste of a life [sound recording] / by Brett, Simon,author,narrator.(CARDINAL)349287; Brett, Simon,narrator.(CARDINAL)349287;
Read by Simon Brett.Declutterer Ellen Curtis has been working to bring order into the life of Cedric Waites, a recluse in his eighties who hasn't left his house or let anyone inside it since his wife died. On one of her regular visits, Ellen finds the old man dead. It's sad but, given his age, perhaps not unexpected, and nothing to get worked up about... until the police raise the suspicion that Cedric might have been poisoned! The cause seems be something he ate, and since Ellen cleared away the old man's food containers, she is under suspicion. As is Dodge, who works for Ellen and has unhelpfully done a runner and disappeared. Meanwhile, Ellen's life has taken on a chaotic turn of its own: a rival declutterer is out to sabotage her reputable business, her two grown-up children are back home and in crisis, and she has a potential love interest. Can she uncover the killer and bring order back to her own life?
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Cozy mysteries.; Audiobooks.; Hoarders; Murder; Businesspeople; Parent and child; Mothers and daughters; Widowers;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Robert B. Parker's buried secrets [sound recording] / by Farnsworth, Christopher,author.(CARDINAL)353936; Naughton, James,1945-narrator.(CARDINAL)346038; Parker, Robert B.,1932-2010,creator.(CARDINAL)504140;
Narrated by James Naughton.Police Chief Jesse Stone investigates the mystery behind a dead body found strewn with photos of murder victims and placed on top of $2 million in cash, before a mob of hit men converge on Paradise.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Thrillers (Fiction); Detective and mystery fiction.; Stone, Jesse (Fictitious character); Police chiefs; Murder; Hoarders; Organized crime;
Available copies: 9 / Total copies: 10
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The language of butterflies [sound recording] : how thieves, hoarders, scientists, and other obsessives unlocked the secrets of the world's favorite insect / by Williams, Wendy,1950-author.(CARDINAL)639510; Brazil, Angela(Angela Kay),narrator.(CARDINAL)344791;
Read by Angela Brazil.Coupled with years of research and knowledge gained from experts in the field, this accessible "butterfly biography" explores the ancient partnership between these special creatures and humans, and why they continue to fascinate us today.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Butterflies;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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