A cleanup woman is a woman that is willing to do all the things the main woman refuses to do without any stipulations.

The Cleaned-Up Woman: From the Pole to the Pulpit is a rags-to-riches story with a twist that tells the many obstacles Dalphne Reed faced growing up. Life was not fair for Dalphne from being rape, teen pregnancy, being homeless, and feeling worthless; no one loved her or cared for her. Her home life wasn't ideal: her mother showed her no love, and her father was there but did not protect her against her mother's wrath. After being kicked out in the streets, Dalphne only dreamed of love and success. When everything else fell, she decided to be successful by any means necessary and turned to the life of a stripper. Being a stripper allowed her to support herself and pay for her college tuition. She felt stuck and gave up on love because of her life as a stripper. But in the end, love found her and changed her life around completely.

One of The New York Times Book Review's Ten Best Books of 2015 One of Jezebel's Favorite Books of 2016 A Manual for Cleaning Women compiles the best work of the legendary short-story writer Lucia Berlin. With the grit of Raymond Carver, the humor of Grace Paley, and a blend of wit and melancholy all her own, Berlin crafts miracles from the everyday, uncovering moments of grace in the Laundromats and halfway houses of the American Southwest, in the homes of the Bay Area upper class, among switchboard operators and struggling mothers, hitchhikers and bad Christians. Readers will revel in this remarkable collection from a master of the form and wonder how they'd ever overlooked her in the first place. "Perhaps, with the present collection, Lucia Berlin will begin to gain the attention she deserves." -Lydia Davis

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The book that sparked a revolution and inspired the hit Netflix series Tidying Up with Marie Kondo: the original guide to decluttering your home once and for all. ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL BOOKS OF THE DECADE—CNN Despite constant efforts to declutter your home, do papers still accumulate like snowdrifts and clothes pile up like a tangled mess of noodles? Japanese cleaning consultant Marie Kondo takes tidying to a whole new level, promising that if you properly simplify and organize your home once, you’ll never have to do it again. Most methods advocate a room-by-room or little-by-little approach, which doom you to pick away at your piles of stuff forever. The KonMari Method, with its revolutionary category-by-category system, leads to lasting results. In fact, none of Kondo’s clients have lapsed (and she still has a three-month waiting list). With detailed guidance for determining which items in your house “spark joy” (and which don’t), this international bestseller will help you clear your clutter and enjoy the unique magic of a tidy home—and the calm, motivated mindset it can inspire.

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Precious and Few is a lively and nostalgic look back at the forgotten era of pop that gave us "Hooked on a Feeling", "Dancing in the Moonlight", "I Am Woman", "Seasons in the Sun", and more. The early 1970s brought a "Convoy" of popular rock music--everything from cheesy to the classic. The authors of Precious and Few, Don Breithaupt and Jeff Breithaupt, true-blue '70s fanatics, have put together this irresistibly readable book to transport readers back to a time when people wore smiley-face buttons, went to singles bars, and heartily sang along with Mac Davis.Illustrations throughout.

Eugene Christmas is in for the fight of his life after his boss finds him at fault. When he disappears without a trace, his girlfriend tries to uncover the truth. A local New Jersey cemetery ties into a string of mafia-related disappearances, and what lies beneath the ground will shock everyone. In the end, it's monsters, mobsters, and mayhem around the city of New York and New Jersey, with everything at stake.