![]() ![]() Shame and guilt, secrets and blame, perfectionism, escapism. Closely observed with all the nuance and levels of struggling to heal. ![]() There are so many moving parts in this story, but Lambert never loses the coherent heart of this family and how damaged each one of them is. She effortlessly juggles three generations: the grandmother and aunt, mother and father, Annabelle and her siblings (an older brother and a younger sister) and her friends. Hoarding can be as damaging as alcoholism or gambling and it affects the entire family, each in different ways.Īnd this is where Mary Lambert excels. Annabelle's mother is a hoarder, which involves many of the same problems as other addictive behaviors. ![]() I realized by the end of the second chapter that this book, while humorous, was a dead-on study of a highly dysfunctional family that loves each other deeply. The title made me think it would be a slap-stick goof. ![]()
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