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\u201cIncredible\u2026riveting.\u201d \u2014Dax Shepard, Armchair Expert podcast<\/p>\n

For fans of The Glass Castle and The Liars\u2019 Club, a tender, heartbreaking, and hilarious memoir chronicling the challenges of growing up with a desperately scheming father, a mother plagued by an acute hoarding disorder, and parenting parents while seeking independence.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Long family\u2019s love was fierce, their lifestyle bizarre, and their deceptions countless. Once her parents were gone, Amanda Uhle realized she was closer to them than anyone else, yet she found herself utterly confounded by the lives they had led.<\/p>\n

Amanda\u2019s striving fashion designer mother and her charismatic wheeler-dealer father wove a complex life together that spanned ten different homes across five states over forty perplexing years. Throughout her childhood, as her mother\u2019s hoarding disorder flourished and her father\u2019s schemes crumbled, contradictions abounded. They bartered for dental surgery and drove their massive Lincoln Town Car to the food bank. When financial ruin struck, they abandoned their repossessed mansion for humble parish housing, and Amanda\u2019s father became a preacher. They swung between being filthy rich and dirt poor, devious and virtuous, lonely and loved, fake and real.<\/p>\n

In Destroy This House<\/em>, Amanda sets out to document her parents\u2019 unbelievable exploits and her own hard-won escape into independence. With humor and tenderness, Uhle has crafted a heartfelt and utterly unique memoir, capturing the raucousness, pain, joy, and ultimately, the boundless love that exists between all parents and children.<\/p>\n

\u201cSensitively crafted and remarkably perceptive…both relatable and distinctly unique.\u201d
\n\u2014Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press<\/p>\n

\u201cIncredible\u2026riveting.\u201d
\n\u2014Dax Shepard, Armchair Expert podcast<\/p>\n

\u201cAstonishing\u2026will reso\u00adnate with anyone who has cared for a loved one in difficult circumstances\u2026makes you laugh and wrenches your heart.\u201d
\n\u2014Anne Bartlett, BookPage<\/p>\n

\u201cWith riveting precision, candor, and wit, Uhle mixes emotionally complex memories with research into her parents\u2019 audacious schemes in a staggering feat of exorcism and reconciliation, a testament to loyalty, compassion, and love.\u201d
\n\u2014Donna Seaman, Booklist (starred review)<\/p>\n

\u201cRefreshing. The author shares at least one quality with her parents: she can spin a good yarn.\u201d
\n\u2014Publishers Weekly<\/p>\n

\u201cAn affecting portrait of a definitively dysfunctional family\u2026.Uhle\u2019s book will hit home with many readers.\u201d
\n\u2014Kirkus Reviews<\/p>\n

\u201cA heartfelt memoir of a complicated but loving relationship.\u201d
\n\u2014Library Journal<\/p>\n

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Mint hardcover copy as issued in dust jacket, first edition signed by the author. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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