What happens when a hapless dreamer marries an inveterate hoarder? Their daughter, Amanda Uhle, the successful publisher and executive director of McSweeney’s, takes readers on the wild ride of a lifetime in her debut book, “Destroy This House,” as she describes growing up with her dysfunctional family in the ‘80s and ‘90s.
McSweeney’s is an American publishing company founded by superstar Dave Eggers, author of “A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius,” the 2010 Michigan State University and East Lansing’s annual One Book, One Community selection.
Uhle is no stranger to Michigan. For 11 years, she served as executive director of 826michigan, a nonprofit tutoring and writing center for school-aged students in Detroit, Ann Arbor, and Ypsilanti…