The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning (Unabridged) The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning (Unabridged)
The Swedish Art of Living & Dying Series

The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning (Unabridged‪)‬

    • 3.9 • 48 Ratings
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Publisher Description

A charming, practical, and unsentimental approach to putting a home in order while reflecting on the tiny joys that make up a long life.

In Sweden there is a kind of decluttering called döstädning, meaning “death” and städning meaning “cleaning.” This surprising and invigorating process of clearing out unnecessary belongings can be undertaken at any age or life stage but should be done sooner than later, before others have to do it for you. In The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning, artist Margareta Magnusson, with Scandinavian humor and wisdom, instructs readers to embrace minimalism. Her radical and joyous method for putting things in order helps families broach sensitive conversations, and makes the process uplifting rather than overwhelming.

Margareta suggests which possessions you can easily get rid of (unworn clothes, unwanted presents, more plates than you’d ever use) and which 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 introduces an element of fun to a potentially daunting task. Along the way listeners get a glimpse into her life in Sweden, and also become more comfortable with the idea of letting go.

GENRE
Nonfiction
NARRATOR
JS
Juliet Stevenson
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
02:37
hr min
RELEASED
2018
January 2
PUBLISHER
Simon & Schuster Audio
SIZE
110.9
MB

Customer Reviews

Hale bob ,

Enjoyed the author’s life and perspective.

There are a few good laughs in a book about enjoying life uninhabited

YouScamdMe ,

A generic book on organizational cleaning

Nothing much different than any other book in the genre.
I recommend, as always, Juliet Stevenson as narrator. She can make the phone book sound interesting.

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