“As the $90 trillion Great Wealth Transfer begins, millennials and Gen X aren’t just inheriting money. They’re being buried under an avalanche of baseball cards, fine china and collections of all sorts.”
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Maximalisma
“A professor endeavors to separate treasure from trash—before her children have to do it for her.”
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The Stuff That Came Between Mom and Me: A Story About Hoarding
Mom would make excuses about not having cleaned the house. I knew they were lies. I knew her house was full.
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The Stuff That Came Between Mom and Me: A Story About Hoarding
In this unsettling personal essay, Susan Fekete describes the minute ways in which her mother’s compulsions add up to an alarmingly dysfunctional whole. What emerges is a startling portrait of a woman who is wildly generous with her possessions — but also totally overcome by them.