Corrigan\'s beautifully written memoir intertwines her own story with that of her larger-than-life, Irish-American, born-salesman father\'s, and illustrates both an unbelievably powerful and healing father/daughter relationship and the unbreakable bonds of family.
When George, too, learns that he has late-stage cancer, it is Kelly\'s turn to take care of the man who had always taken care of her--and to show us a woman who finally takes the leap and grows up..
But Kelly is abruptly shoved into coming-of-age when she finds a lump in her breast--and gets the diagnosis no one wants to hear.
She was living deep within what she calls the Middle Place--that sliver of time when parenthood and childhood overlap--comfortably wedged between her adult duties and her parents\' care.
But even as a thriving adult, Kelly still saw herself as the daughter of garrulous Irish-American charmer George Corrigan.
At thirty-six, she had a marriage that worked, two funny, active kids, and a weekly newspaper column.
For Kelly Corrigan, family is everything.
Corrigan\'s beautifully written memoir intertwines her own story with that of her larger-than-life, Irish-American, born-salesman father\'s, and illustrates both an unbelievably powerful and healing father/daughter relationship and the unbreakable bonds of family
