Objects of My Affection
Books | Fiction / General
3.3
Jill Smolinski
In the humorous, heartfelt new novel by the author of The Next Thing on My List, a personal organizer must somehow convince a reclusive artist to give up her hoarding ways and let go of the stuff she’s hung on to for decades. Lucy Bloom is broke, freshly dumped by her boyfriend, and forced to sell her house to send her nineteen-year-old son to drug rehab. Although she’s lost it all, she’s determined to start over. So when she’s offered a high-paying gig helping clear the clutter from the home of reclusive and eccentric painter Marva Meier Rios, Lucy grabs it. Armed with the organizing expertise she gained while writing her book, Things Are Not People, and fueled by a burning desire to get her life back on track, Lucy rolls up her sleeves to take on the mess that fills every room of Marva’s huge home. Lucy soon learns that the real challenge may be taking on Marva, who seems to love the objects in her home too much to let go of any of them. While trying to stay on course toward a strict deadline—and with an ex-boyfriend back in the picture, a new romance on the scene, and her son’s rehab not going as planned—Lucy discovers that Marva isn’t just hoarding, she is also hiding a big secret. The two form an unlikely bond, as each learns from the other that there are those things in life we keep, those we need to let go—but it’s not always easy to know the difference.
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Author
Jill Smolinski
Pages
320
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Published Date
2012-05-01
ISBN
1451660782 9781451660784
Ratings
Google: 4
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"Another okay read nothing groundbreaking. A story about what not to hold on to. Things are not people. The main character bugged me though. Lucy was pretty condescending to Marva the woman she was supposed to be helping. Almost talking to her as though she were a child. I mean it was her job to get into people's business but she wouldn't share her own. <br/><br/>Marva was eccentric and interesting. Lucy's backstory slowly coming forward. It was an easy read. A slight mystery and the ending was clever coming full circle."
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