Blog tour: Thanks For Sharing

Welcome to the blog tour for Thanks For Sharing by Eleanor Tucker!

More about the book…

What is the Sharing Economy? How can it help us live more affordable, more sustainable, and ultimately more fulfilling lives?  What would happen if for one year a family pledged to share as much as they possibly can? Instead of owning more and more stuff, what it’s like to stop owning things and borrow, lend, rent and swap instead?

These are big questions, but features writer Eleanor Tucker sets out to answer them in this thoroughly absorbing and entertaining guide to sustainable sharing, or as it is also known, 'collaborative consumption'.

In this engrossing study, Eleanor straps us into on her year-long experiment along with her somewhat reluctant family. Over the course of the year, with the aid of various sharing apps, they will pledge to buy as few new things as possible, instead relying on the power of sharing, lending, renting and borrowing to supply their needs.

Each chapter introduces a different type of sharing into her day to day life, from the little ‘things' (food, clothes) to the bigger ’things' (cars, furniture, the space around us), and shows how the growth of tech has revolutionized an age-old practice. 

The book contains best-for recommendations based around different types of sharing, to create an easily accessible shortcut into sharing.

Written with warm and relatable humour as well as a deeply-researched knowledge of the history of sharing, this unmissable guide could truly change the way you consume.

More about the author…

Eleanor is a former advertising creative who worked in award-winning marketing agencies before becoming a features writer for world-renowned newspapers and magazines such as The Guardian, The Observer, Marie Claire and Psychologies, commentating on gender, society, sustainability, tech and lifestyle. Alongside writing, Eleanor has spent the last few years speaking and advising on the sharing and gig economy. Originally from Oxford, she was educated at Edinburgh University, where she now lives with her husband and two children.

My impressions…

I always talk to my wife about books I am particularly excited about before I even start reading them, and there is a specific kind of books that my wife will respond to with a resigned shake of the head and fear in her eyes. Every new book by Marie Kondo normally elicits this response. Thanks for Sharing belongs to the same category. And, if I may say so myself, it is a wonderful category: books that can literally change the world. Yes, this is it. Well-researched and not in the slightest judgmental or dogmatic, this is a fun look into a family’s attempts at living more sustainably. I laughed, I learnt and plan to lead by example!

Three words to describe it. Informative. Inspiring. Relevant.

Do I like the cover? Yes, I wouldn’t mind having (or borrowing, I guess!) that tote bag myself!

Have I read any other books by the same author? No, this is her first book.

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