The Accident - Chris Pavone - Review AND Giveaway.You can find Kimberly Rae Miller on Facebook, on Twitter and at her blog. I love my parents."Ĭoming clean was an eye opening account and an excellent listen. But as a child of a hoarder, I can show this through eyes of love. "We see people with a mental illness living their worst nightmare on TV because they’re desperate for help and will put themselves in that situation. Miller expresses her story with honesty and candor, sharing her hopes, fears, and attempts to forge her own life, while still caring for her parents. Still, they are unable to stop collecting. Slowly she comes to the realization - and knows that she has to keep her home life a secret. As time passes, the hoarding takes a toll, both mentally and physically, on Kim and her parents. But as a child Kim had no idea that their family was 'different'. Miller has fond memories of her childhood - she is a much loved child. Kimberly's father saved information - papers of all sorts, unable to throw anything out. Over the years, the paper (and more) overtakes their home, the pipes burst, the front door won't fully open, they're living with rats, bugs, filth, feces - and only discovered after they move, a stranger in the attic. Her mother became a compulsive shopper, only adding to the mix and the mess. The author herself read the book and this only served to intensify her story.
And she's sharing her story in her memoir Coming Clean. But when Kimberly Rae Miller was growing up, the term was not as well known. Thanks to the popularity of reality television, there are few people these days who are unaware of the term 'hoarding' or 'hoarder'.
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