The digital book has a slightly lighter pink hue than the hardcover. "The only thing that has changed from inception to printing was the shading of the hearts. I couldn’t have asked for a more perfect cover. Pink paper hearts in various stages of unfurling-it was so perfect and so light and beautiful, but really encompassed everything I hoped to convey while writing the book. It was just such a relief, I had been expecting the worst-dank, disorderly squalor. Which is kind of embarrassing because I was at the gym at the time. "When I first saw my cover, I started laughing, and then I started crying. Ironically, I had the same cover artist, the amazing Lynn Buckley. The only suggestion I had was something similar to the cover of Care of Wooden Floors by Will Wiles (right), only instead of wood, the profile on the cover being comprised of random stuff. "My editor asked me for input, and I was completely useless. I was so afraid that I’d end up with the book cover equivalent to an episode of Hoarders I had imagined all sorts of dark, dirty, ugly covers with little girls covered in garbage. But, at its heart, it’s also a story of unconditional love. My memoir is about hoarding, and I know what people think of when they think of hoarding. "Waiting for the cover was perhaps the petrifying part of the process for me. Here's Kimberly to tell the story of her crisp, sparse cover: Their house was so cluttered that a squatter lived undetected in their attic for years. Kimberly Rae Miller is here to share the story behind her simple, beautiful cover for Coming Clean, a memoir about growing up with parents who were a compulsive shopper (mom) and an intense hoarder (her dad).
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