This book was fascinating to me. It is a memoir by a woman who is an actress in NYC. She also writes a blog, articles and of course, this book! She has a great boyfriend. Her apartment is in Manhattan and she keeps it looking good. For years she kept up a fa
çade so that no one would know her secret. She eventually let some people in on her secret - only because she was desperate for their help.
Her secret? The homes in which she lived with her loving parents were
littered with broken objects, lots of papers and the little remnants of
animals living in the squalor. If you have ever watched a hoarding show on TV you know that there is no easy solution. Not even a fire, which destroyed everything they owned, could bring about change.
This touching book takes us from the struggles of her childhood to the struggles of her adulthood. You would think that when Kim is old even she would just walk away from her parents and leave them to deal with the hoarding and the evictions. But Kim loved her parents and felt a need to help them. It is complicated - that relationship between parents and child. There are also a few lessons in here about how keeping secrets (or trying to) can take a terrible toll.
I really liked this book!
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