The Middle Place
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.27 (765 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1401303366 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-01-18 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Even when all the paperwork -- a marriage license, a notarized deed, two birth certificates, and seven years of tax returns -- clearly indicates you're an adult, but all the same, there you are, clutching the phone and thanking God that you're still somebody's daughter."For Kelly Corrigan, family is everything.At thirty-six, she had a marriage that worked, a couple of funny, active kids, and a weekly newspaper column. And so Kelly's journey to full-blown adulthood begins. It is about reaching for life with both hands -- and finding it.. She captures the beat of an ordinary life and the tender, sometimes fractious moments that bind families together. Rueful and honest, Kelly is the prized friend who will tell you her darkest, lowest, scre
A Memoir of Triumph Mary Jane Hurley Brant I loved this story of life and strength, family and love. The Middle Place helped me to appreciate even more deeply the spirit of a young woman - Kelly Corrigan - who, like my beloved daughter, had to surrender to her baldness and her new identity post diagnosis. This kind of "put your feet down on the floor every morning" living takes enormous courage and humor. It all comes through in this memoir. It also takes sheer guts to write about a journey that is both scary and unpredictable while making oneself vulnerable in the process. It's . Page Turner said Funny, Sad, Inspiring!. I laughed out loud, I cried, I was inspired I couldn't put the book down. Great story that kept me wondering all the way to the end.. P. L. Petersen said It's About Life, Not Death. Someone said every book is ultimately about death. That thought applies to Kelly Corrigan's memoir, The Middle Place. Corrigan, a young wife and mother in her thirties faces her own mortality with a breast cancer diagnosis. At the same time she desperately strategizes with her family of origin to find the best treatment for her beloved father, also diagnosed with cancer. She is caught in the middle place between protecting her children and her father. Death is the centerpiece of this plot. The reader wants cures for both of these wonderf
. She is currently working on a children's picture book for families dealing with cancer. Kelly Corrigan is a newspaper columnist and photographer in Northern California. Kelly lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband Edward Lichty and their two daughters. Shortly after her own battle with breast cancer, she launched CircusOfCancer, a how-to web site for friends and family of women
From Publishers Weekly Newspaper columnist Corrigan was a happily married mother of two young daughters when she discovered a cancerous lump in her breast. All rights reserved. Those learning to accept their own adulthood might find strength—and humor—in Corrigan's feisty memoir. . Growing up, she loved hearing her father boom out his morning HELLO WORLD dialogue with the universe, so his kids would feel like the world wasn't just a safe place but was even rooting for you. Corrigan's story could have been unbearably depressing had she not made it clear from the