Verna is a hot-headed ex-cop, ex-drug trafficker, and ex-prison inmate who has cleverly evaded laws against hoarding by arguing that her hoard was her artistic expression. But now Verna, who has diabetes, is hospitalized, and the hospital refuses to let her return home unless itโs cleaned up. Joanneโs house has gone from immaculate showplace to garbage pit. Yet despite the filth, sheโs been the daytime caretaker for her six-year-old grandson. Joanneโs sister-in-law is so upset about the situation that sheโs threatening to call adult protective services if the house isnโt cleaned up immediately.