A bunch of pretty things I did not buy / Sarah Lazarovic
Publication details: New York, NY : Penguin Books, 2014.Description: 170 p. : col. ill. ; 19 cmISBN:- 0143124714
- 9780143124719
- 640.73 23
- TX335 .L39 2014
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600 - 699 | Hanover Public Library Shelves | 640.73 LAZA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 31906000973538 |
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A witty, gracious, and charmingly illustrated anti-consumer manifesto. Like most people, Sarah Lazarovic covets beautiful things. But rather than giving in to her impulse to spend and acquire, Sarah spent a year painting the objects she wanted to buy instead. Based on a visual essay that was first published on The Hairpin, A Bunch of Pretty Things I Did Not Buy is a beautiful and witty take on the growing "slow shopping" movement. Sarah is a well-known blogger and illustrator, and she writes brilliantly without preaching or guilt-tripping. Whether she's trying to justify the purchase of yet another particleboard IKEA home furnishing, debating the pros and cons of leg warmers or calculating the per-day usage cost of big-ticket items, Sarah's poignant musings will resonate with any reader who's ever been susceptible to an impulse buy.
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