Cleaning Closets
by Susan DeBow
One hanger, one child, one secret, and one messy stack of stuff at a time; Lydia Calypso cleans out the closets of her life. The truths she uncovers as she tidies up help her see her life, her children, and herself, in a much less hung up way. Lydia finds herself and realizes she is much stronger than she thought and has a lot of life yet to live. Susan DeBow reminds us that families, like life, aren't always what they seem to be.
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Praise for Cleaning Closets
"Susan DeBow is a wonderful writer, and readers have a real treat in store for them in this book, which uses the lens of family to observe the ins and outs, ups and downs of life. I didn't want it to end." -- Judy Lowe, The Christian Science Monitor
"Susan DeBow is a talented, versatile writer. In Cleaning Closets she addresses one of the most fundamental structures in the human experience, the family. It's a deft, surprisingly suspenseful narrative that centers around a woman coming to grips with the forces and the histories that strain the family she is trying to hold together. It's a compelling story, told well." -- Robert White, Associate Editor, Cincinnati Post
"Even if these characters don't remind you of your own family members, they will soon become members of your family. DeBow's debut novel grabs your gut, tickles your funny bone and engages your brain. This novel will make you pause and re-examine how you view relationships - between siblings, between spouses, between parent and child." -- Wendy Beckman, author of Dating, Relationships, and Sexuality: What Teens Should Know
"A refreshingly funny, thought-provoking character, Lydia lends truth to the adage that anything will give up its secrets if you love it enough." -– Tracy Clark, author of Broken Places
