In Stuff: Compulsive Hoarding and the Meaning of Things , author and researcher Randy Frost takes a look at a growing phenomenon across America: hoarding. He investigates this issue not by going straight at it point by point, but rather does it more effectively by telling stories. True stories. Harrowing stories but some hopeful stories. Regardless of, I found that each story had this tinge of sadness to it. The book opens up with the story of the famous Collyer Brothers. The Collyers were two wealthy but reclusive brothers who lived together closer to the beginning of the 20th century. Langley Collyer who was handicapped by a number of sicknesses and disabilities (including blindness) was taken care of by his brother Homer. They were agoraphobic, hardly leaving their compound and taking refuge in the comfort of their home located in upper Manhattan. They feared burglars who in the past would break in hoping to steal all sorts of wealth but found nothing but junk. After incidents lik...