Reviews
"To my dear beloved survivors: when you one day clean out my basement, you'll find a copy of Alison Stewart's Junk . Sit down on the pile of New Yorkers , turn on that halogen floor lamp I used in college, crack open a can of Jolt Cola (you'll find about three cases), and read about why all the stuff around you isn't necessarily junk--except for that stack of VHS tapes. That's just crap." -- Mo Rocca , correspondent for CBS Sunday Morning and host of My Grandmother's Ravioli, "Stewart's compelling and readable book is for those who are fascinated by stuff and are in search of something other than decluttering or organization manuals." -- Library Journal, "Absorbing and enjoyably compelling research on the packrat conundrum in our society." -- Kirkus Reviews, "Finally, a book that explains my lava lamp, boxes of cassette tapes, and three pairs of clogs. Thank you, Alison Stewart! This book is overdue, and I promise not to put it on one of my piles." --Hoda Kotb, cohost of the Today Show "An enlightening book, Junk helps us rethink the relationships we have to the objects we covet, buy keep (for a while anyway), but almost always eventually throw out." -- Maclean's, "Absorbing and enjoyably compelling research on the packrat conundrum in our society." - Kirkus Reviews, "Finally, a book that explains my lava lamp, boxes of cassette tapes, and three pairs of clogs. Thank you, Alison Stewart! This book is overdue, and I promise not to put it on one of my piles." --Hoda Kotb, cohost of the Today Show, "Finally, a book that explains my lava lamp, boxes of cassette tapes, and three pairs of clogs. Thank you, Alison Stewart! This book is overdue, and I promise not to put it on one of my piles." --Hoda Kotb, cohost of the Today Show , "To my dear beloved survivors: when you one day clean out my basement, you'll find a copy of Alison Stewart's Junk . Sit down on the pile of New Yorkers , turn on that halogen floor lamp I used in college, crack open a can of Jolt Cola (you'll find about three cases), and read about why all the stuff around you isn't necessarily junk--except for that stack of VHS tapes. That's just crap." --Mo Rocca, correspondent for CBS Sunday Morning and host of My Grandmother's Ravioli, "absorbing and enjoyably compelling research on the packrat conundrum in our society." - Kirkus Reviews, "Somebody's going to say it, so let me be the first: Junk is a treasure. It's an enlightening look into our modern world featuring space garbage, spam, and chicken-shaped table lamps. Buy it, read it, and store it in the attic." --A. J. Jacobs, author of The Know-It-All and The Year of Living Biblically, "Somebody's going to say it, so let me be the first: Junk is a treasure. It's an enlightening look into our modern world featuring space garbage, spam, and chicken-shaped table lamps. Buy it, read it, and store it in the attic." -- A. J. Jacobs , author of The Know-It-All and The Year of Living Biblically, "To my dear beloved survivors: when you one day clean out my basement, you'll find a copy of Alison Stewart's Junk . Sit down on the pile of New Yorkers , turn on that halogen floor lamp I used in college, crack open a can of Jolt Cola (you'll find about three cases), and read about why all the stuff around you isn't necessarily junk--except for that stack of VHS tapes. That's just crap." -- Mo Rocca , correspondent for CBS Sunday Morning and host of Your Grandmother's Ravioli, "If you suspect that you are holding onto things that hold you back in your life, you want to read Junk by Alison Stewart. Whether they are the physical items stuck in a drawer or ideas stuck in your head, Junk will make you think about what you keep and why." --Cheryl Hunter, Life Coach and author of Lose It: Turn Setbacks into Success, "If you suspect that you are holding onto things that hold you back in your life, you want to read Junk by Alison Stewart. Whether they are the physical items stuck in a drawer or ideas stuck in your head, Junk will make you think about what you keep and why." -- Cheryl Hunter , Life Coach and author of Lose It: Turn Setbacks into Success, "Lively, well-researched, and wincingly relatable, Junk is a jaunty ride through our national trash habit." --Chronogram Magazine, "Finally, a book that explains my lava lamp, boxes of cassette tapes, and three pairs of clogs. Thank you, Alison Stewart! This book is overdue, and I promise not to put it on one of my piles." -- Hoda Kotb , cohost of the Today Show , "absorbing and enjoyably compelling research on the packrat conundrum in our society." --Kirkus Reviews, "Lively, well-researched, and wincingly relatable, Junk is a jaunty ride through our national trash habit." --Chronogram Magazine, "Finally, a book that explains my lava lamp, boxes of cassette tapes, and three pairs of clogs. Thank you, Alison Stewart ! This book is overdue, and I promise not to put it on one of my piles." -- Hoda Kotb , cohost of the Today Show , "Stewart's compelling and readable book is for those who are fascinated by stuff and are in search of something other than decluttering or organization manuals." -- Library Journal
