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02253aam a2200325 i 4500 001 D30847D6B0B711EC872AADB14EECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220331010010 008 220328s2022 mau 000 0 eng d 020 $a 1934894761 020 $a 9781934894767 035 $a (OCoLC)1306069911 040 $a IMD $b eng $e rda $c IMD $d IOU $d SILO 082 04 $a 646.7 $2 23 100 1 $a Pratt, Susannah Q., $e author. 245 10 $a More or less : $b essays from a year of no buying / $c Sussanah Q. Pratt. 246 30 $a Essays from a year of no buying 264 1 $a Rochester, Massachusetts : $b Eastover Press, $c 2022. 300 $a 163 pages ; $c 23 cm 500 $a "In 2017, novelist Ann Patchett wrote in the NYT about planning 'a year buying nothing' other than what she would consume -- and Susannah Q. Pratt took the hint. In 2018, after some convincing (that included a family PowerPoint!) Pratt and her family decided to buy nothing, too: "We undertook a 365-day moratorium on the purchase of new clothes, toys, games, books, electronics, gear, furniture, housewares, and other things that fall in the general category of 'stuff.' For twelve months we purchased only essentials -- food, toiletries, light bulbs, and a few pairs of shoes for my growing boys. We stayed out of stores and off of online shopping sites. We fixed things. We made things. We went without.The twenty-one essays in More or Less are much more than the story of that year. Pratt thoughtfully considers what might bring someone to step outside the usual American consumerism, coming to examine the ways in which what we buy and own can change who we are or want to be. Intertwining scenes of homelife with sustained reflection on notions of utility, disposability, and community, the book addresses the central question of how to live well in a culture of consumerism from which there is no meaningful exit."--Amazon.com 650 0 $a Pratt, Susannah Q. 650 0 $a Simplicity. 650 0 $a Sustainability. 650 0 $a Conduct of life. 650 0 $a Consumption (Economics) 655 7 $a Essays. $2 lcgft 941 $a 1 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20220331010040.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=D30847D6B0B711EC872AADB14EECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search