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Category: Books (Biography & Autobiography)
Author: Miller, Kimberly Rae
Author: Miller, Kimberly Rae
ISBN-10: 0544320816
ISBN-10: 0544320816
ISBN-13: 9780544320819
ISBN-13: 9780544320819
Publisher: New Harvest
Publisher: New Harvest
Pages: 272
Pages: 272
Binding: Paperback
Binding: Paperback
Pub Date: 01-Jun-2014
Pub Date: 01-Jun-2014
SKU: 0544320816-11-MING
SKU: 0544320816-11-MING
Item ID: 100004100

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Kimberly Rae Miller is an immaculately put-together woman with a great career, a loving boyfriend, and a beautifully tidy apartment in Brooklyn. You would never guess that behind the closed doors of her family’s idyllic Long Island house hid teetering stacks of aging newspaper, broken computers, and boxes upon boxes of unused junk festering in every room — the product of her father’s painful and unending struggle with hoarding.

In this dazzling memoir, Miller brings to life her experience growing up in a rat-infested home, hiding her father’s shameful secret from friends for years, and the emotional burden that ultimately led to her suicide attempt. In beautiful prose, Miller sheds light on her complicated yet loving relationship with her parents, which has thrived in spite of the odds.

Coming Cleanis a story about recognizing where you come from and understanding the relationships that define you. It is also a powerful story of recovery and redemption.

Kimberley Rae Miller writes powerfully about her father’s compulsive hoarding and the dysfunctional household she grew up in, including the idyllic Long Island home that no one would have guessed was a rat-infested wasteland of garbage, lacking heat or running water.

KIMBERLY RAE MILLER is a writer living in New York City. She has written for Yahoo!’sShine,Figuremagazine, and contributed to CBS Radio/CBS New York. In 2010, Kim was featured in Katharine Sise’s career guideCreative Girl. She blogs at TheKimChallenge.com.