As a girl Kimberly picked another house near her own, and had her friends’ parents drop her off their after playdates so no one saw the disrepair of her yard. At times the water and plumbing would break down and fights with neighbors were constant. Growing up, the kitchen was often too messy to eat in, and the family (Miller, her mom, and her dad) would gather on the parents’ bed, the only clear space in the house, to eat a family dinner. Kimberly Rae Miller takes us back, as much as she may be able, to a home raised by hoarding parents. Considering its grim subject matter, Coming Clean is a surprisingly upbeat memoir.
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