Objects of My Affection A Novel

by Smolinski, Jill

• ISBN13: 9781451660777
• ISBN10: 1451660774
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2013-03-05
• Publisher: Gallery Books

Summary

"Smolinski gracefully balances lighthearted humor with insightful musings on addiction, mortality, nostalgia, and affection, making this an entertaining and touching read" ( Publishers Weekly). 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. 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. But she 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 deadlineand with an ex-boyfriend back in the picture, a new romance on the scene, and her son's rehab not going as plannedLucy discovers that Marva 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 gobut it's not always easy to know the difference.

Author Biography

Jill Smolinski is the author of the novels The Next Thing on My List and Flip-Flopped. Her work has appeared in major women’s magazines, as well as in an anthology of short stories, American Girls About Town. She lives in Los Angeles with her son. Visit her at JillSmolinski.com.