In Your Purse by Kelley Styring

In Your Purse: Archaeology of the American Handbag chronicles the first-ever ‘dig’ into the physical and psychological depths of the only physical object that connects the home, where needs are created, and the store, where purchases are made that fill those needs – a woman’s purse. It is at once a financial center, a medicine cabinet, a pharmacy, a cosmetic counter, a communications hub, a safe deposit box, and a stash for keepsakes of irreplaceable sentimental value.