pstrongWINNER OF THE EASTOVER PRESS PRIZE FOR NONFICTIONstrongpp ppThe essays in emMore or Lessem explore the degree to which we are defined, and confined, by what we own. ppbrppIn 2017, novelist Ann Patchett wrote in the NYT about planning a year buying nothing other than what she would consume-and Susannah Q. Pratt took the hint. In 2018, after some convincing that included a family PowerPoint! Pratt and her family decided to buy nothing, too We undertook a 365-day moratorium on the purchase of new clothes, toys, games, books, electronics, gear, furniture, housewares, and other things that fall in the general category of 'stuff.' For twelve months we purchased only essentials - food, toiletries, light bulbs, and a few pairs of shoes for my growing boys. We stayed out of stores and off of online shopping sites. We fixed things. We made things. We went without.pp ppThe twenty-one essays inem More or Lessem are much more than the story of that year. Pratt thoughtfully considers what mig