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Title: A quick and interesting perusal of our dire straits
Review: This book is certainly worth reading, particularly if you are just embarking on a voyage sparked by a little nagging feeling that perhaps we don't need all those shoes, shirts, suitcases, toys, etc. crowding up our houses, which maybe feel a little too sprawling, in an neighborhood that is a little too over-developed...This book is a great introduction to the rampant consumerism dominating American culture -- to our wealth and the waste it has spawned -- and gives you some great solutions to avoiding the downslide yourself, and mending those areas that may need mending, both personally and socially. The author could have taken out most of the middle of the book, in which she details the lives of some "downsizers" -- it is not terribly helpful unless your situation is nearly identical to one of those downsizers, and so I skipped it. Otherwise, this book is a quick read and well worth it.
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