A review by craftygoat
Secondhand: Travels in the New Global Garage Sale by Adam Minter

3.5

3.5. I found parts interesting, but I wasn't crazy about the organization of the first 2/3 of the book. Too much jumping around for my taste - 1 page he's in one country, a couple of pages later he's in another, then quickly on to somewhere else. But I now know a little more about what happens when I drop off things off at Goodwill, so it was a worthwhile read. Most interesting to me: the rag-making industry (and how fast fashion makes the job more difficult); the developing world's repair and reuse of "rich man's trash"; and the idea of the consumers' right to repair.