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Author Magnusson, Margareta, author.

Title The gentle art of Swedish death cleaning : how to free yourself and your family from a lifetime of clutter / text and drawings by Margareta Magnusson.

Publication Info. New York : Scribner, 2018.
1 hold on first copy returned of 6 copies
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1833595~S1
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 95th Street Adult Nonfiction  648.5 MAG    ON HOLDSHELF
 95th Street Adult Nonfiction  648.5 MAG    DUE 04-17-24
 95th Street Adult Nonfiction  648.5 MAG    AVAILABLE
 Naper Blvd. Adult Nonfiction  648.5 MAG    DUE 05-14-24
 Naper Blvd. Adult Nonfiction  648.5 MAG    AVAILABLE
 Nichols Adult Nonfiction  648.5 MAG    DUE 04-24-24
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Description 117 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Summary In Swedish there is a word for it: Döstädning, “dö” means “death” and “städning” means “cleaning.” The idea behind death cleaning is to remove unnecessary things and get your home in order as you become older. But this word also can be applied whenever you do a thorough cleaning, to make your life easier and more pleasant. It does not necessarily have to do with age or death. If you can hardly close your drawers or shut your closet doors, it is time to do something about your stuff. Margareta Magnusson death cleaned after the passing of her parents, then her in-laws, then her husband, and she happily downsized from a five-bedroom house on the West Coast of Sweden to a two-room apartment in the city. From the attic to the basement, kitchen to the bedroom, Margareta tackles the whole house in The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning and suggests what you can get rid of (unworn clothes, unwanted presents, more plates than you’d ever use) and what you might want to keep (photographs, love letters, a few of your children’s art projects). Digging into her late husband’s tool shed, and her own secret drawer of vices, Margareta brings humor and an element of fun to this potentially daunting task. Along the way readers get a glimpse into her life in Sweden, and also become more comfortable with the idea that “you can’t take it with you.”
Subject House cleaning.
Orderliness.
Simplicity.
ISBN 9781501173240
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