HOW TO PRACTICE.

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  • Author(s): PATCHETT, ANN
  • Source:
    New Yorker. 3/8/2021, Vol. 97 Issue 3, p16-22. 6p. 4 Cartoon or Caricatures.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      Personal belongings; Death; Collections; House cleaning; Attitude (Psychology)
    • Abstract:
      The author reflects on her experience of learning to let things go after her best friend's father died. She describes the difficult task of sorting through personal belongings and collections left behind by her friend's father. She discusses her decision to get rid of things and possessions she does not need from her house in order to spare people from the same experience when she dies.