Sharing the story of a chaotic childhood is not for the faint of heart.
In her highly anticipated memoir, Destroy This House, author Amanda Uhle recounts the challenges of growing up with a desperately scheming father, and a mother plagued by a hoarding disorder.
“My dad was just a schemer extraordinaire, always getting us into money trouble,” said the author, who grew up in Ann Arbor. “My mom developed a problem with hoarding, and it got much worse over time. My parents were difficult. They were very complicated, very unexpected, and interesting.”…