Having and Being Had

A timely and arresting new look at affluence by the New York Times bestselling author. 'My adult life can be divided into two distinct parts,' Eula Biss writes, 'the time before I owned a washing machine and the time after.' Having just purchased her first home, the poet and essayist now embarks on a provocative exploration of the value system she has bought into. Ranging from IKEA to Beyoncé to Pokemon, Biss asks, of both herself and her class, 'In what have we invested?'