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Title Junk : digging through America's love affair with stuff / Alison Stewart.
Author Stewart, Alison, 1966-
Publication Info. Chicago : Chicago Review Press, 2016.
©2016
Description xx, 284 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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 ACTON/Adult  616.852 S849    AVAILABLE
 ARLINGTON/FOX/Adult  306 STE    Out
 BELMONT/BEECH ST/Adult  306 STE    STORAGE
 BROOKLINE/Adult  306 Stewart 2016    AVAILABLE
 BROOKLINE/COOLIDGE CORNER/Adult  306 Stewart 2016    AVAILABLE
 CAMBRIDGE/Adult  306.0973 Stewart    AVAILABLE
 FRAMINGHAM/Adult  306.0973 Stewart    AVAILABLE
 LEXINGTON/Adult  648.5 S    AVAILABLE
 MEDFORD/Adult  648.8 Stewart    AVAILABLE
 NATICK/Adult  616.8584/S849    AVAILABLE


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ISBN 9781613730553 (hardback)
1613730551 (hardback)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-284).
Contents What is it? -- Who has it? And why? -- When did it become big business? -- Where should it go? -- How can you use it, fix it, or love it?
Summary "Junk has become ubiquitous in America today. Who doesn't have a basement, attic, closet, or storage unit filled with stuff too good to throw away? Or, more accurately, stuff you think is too good to throw away. When journalist and author Alison Stewart was confronted with emptying her late parents' overloaded basement, a job that dragged on for months, it got her thinking: How did it come to this? Why do smart, successful people hold on to old Christmas bows, chipped knick-knacks, VHS tapes, and books they would likely never reread? She discovered she was not alone. Junk details Stewart's three-year investigation into America's stuff, lots and lots and lots of stuff. Stewart rides along with junk removal teams from around the country such as Trash Daddy, Annie Haul, and Junk Vets. She goes backstage to a taping of Antiques Roadshow, and learns what makes for compelling junk-based television with the executive producer of Pawn Stars. And she even investigates the growing problem of space junk--23,000 pieces of manmade debris orbiting the planet at 17,500 mph, threatening both satellites and human space exploration. But it's not all dire. There are creative solutions to America's overburdened consumer culture. Stewart visits with Deron Beal, founder of FreeCycle, an online community of people who would rather give away than throw away their no-longer-needed possessions. She spends a day at a Repair Cafe, where volunteer tinkerers bring new life to broken appliances, toys, and just about anything. Stewart also explores communities of "tiny houses" without attics and basements in which to stash the owners' trash. Junk is a delightful journey through 250-mile-long yard sales, and packrat dens, both human and rodent, that for most readers will look surprisingly familiar"-- Provided by publisher.
"When journalist and author Alison Stewart was confronted with emptying her late parents' overloaded basement, a job that dragged on for months, it got her thinking: How did it come to this? Why do smart, successful people hold on to old Christmas bows, chipped knick-knacks, VHS tapes, and books they would likely never reread? Junk details Stewart's three-year investigation into America's stuff. She rides along with junk removal teams like Trash Daddy, Annie Haul, and Junk Vets. She goes backstage to a taping of Antiques Roadshow, and learns what makes for compelling junk-based television with the executive producer of Pawn Stars. And she even investigates the growing problem of space junk--23,000 pieces of manmade debris orbiting the planet at 17,500 MPH, threatening both satellites and human space exploration"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Compulsive hoarding -- United States.
Collectors and collecting -- United States.
Related To Online version: Stewart, Alison, 1966- author. Junk Chicago : Chicago Review Press, 2016 9781613730584 (DLC) 2016015893
OCLC/Vendor # 922631724
ISBN 9781613730553 (hardback)
1613730551 (hardback)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-284).
Contents What is it? -- Who has it? And why? -- When did it become big business? -- Where should it go? -- How can you use it, fix it, or love it?
Summary "Junk has become ubiquitous in America today. Who doesn't have a basement, attic, closet, or storage unit filled with stuff too good to throw away? Or, more accurately, stuff you think is too good to throw away. When journalist and author Alison Stewart was confronted with emptying her late parents' overloaded basement, a job that dragged on for months, it got her thinking: How did it come to this? Why do smart, successful people hold on to old Christmas bows, chipped knick-knacks, VHS tapes, and books they would likely never reread? She discovered she was not alone. Junk details Stewart's three-year investigation into America's stuff, lots and lots and lots of stuff. Stewart rides along with junk removal teams from around the country such as Trash Daddy, Annie Haul, and Junk Vets. She goes backstage to a taping of Antiques Roadshow, and learns what makes for compelling junk-based television with the executive producer of Pawn Stars. And she even investigates the growing problem of space junk--23,000 pieces of manmade debris orbiting the planet at 17,500 mph, threatening both satellites and human space exploration. But it's not all dire. There are creative solutions to America's overburdened consumer culture. Stewart visits with Deron Beal, founder of FreeCycle, an online community of people who would rather give away than throw away their no-longer-needed possessions. She spends a day at a Repair Cafe, where volunteer tinkerers bring new life to broken appliances, toys, and just about anything. Stewart also explores communities of "tiny houses" without attics and basements in which to stash the owners' trash. Junk is a delightful journey through 250-mile-long yard sales, and packrat dens, both human and rodent, that for most readers will look surprisingly familiar"-- Provided by publisher.
"When journalist and author Alison Stewart was confronted with emptying her late parents' overloaded basement, a job that dragged on for months, it got her thinking: How did it come to this? Why do smart, successful people hold on to old Christmas bows, chipped knick-knacks, VHS tapes, and books they would likely never reread? Junk details Stewart's three-year investigation into America's stuff. She rides along with junk removal teams like Trash Daddy, Annie Haul, and Junk Vets. She goes backstage to a taping of Antiques Roadshow, and learns what makes for compelling junk-based television with the executive producer of Pawn Stars. And she even investigates the growing problem of space junk--23,000 pieces of manmade debris orbiting the planet at 17,500 MPH, threatening both satellites and human space exploration"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Compulsive hoarding -- United States.
Collectors and collecting -- United States.
Related To Online version: Stewart, Alison, 1966- author. Junk Chicago : Chicago Review Press, 2016 9781613730584 (DLC) 2016015893
OCLC/Vendor # 922631724