false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255663980m/6043569.jpg 1779929 9 "The Middle Place is about calling home. Instinctively. 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. But even as a thriving adult, Kelly still saw herself as George Corrigan's daughter. A garrulous Irish-American charmer from Baltimore, George was the center of the ebullient, raucous Corrigan clan. He greeted every day by opening his bedroom window and shouting, "Hello, World!" Suffice it to say, Kelly's was a colorful childhood, just the sort a girl could get attached to. Kelly lives 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 she's abruptly shoved into a coming-of-age when she finds a lump in her breast -- and gets the diagnosis no one wants to hear. And so Kelly's journey to full-blown adulthood begins. When George, too, learns he has late-stage cancer, it is Kelly's turn to take care of the man who had always taken care of her -- and show us a woman as she finally takes the leap and grows up. Kelly Corrigan is a natural-born storyteller, a gift you quickly recognize as her father's legacy, and her stories are rich with everyday details. 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, screwiest thoughts, and then later, dance on the coffee table at your party. Funny, yet heart-wrenching, The Middle Place is about being a parent and a child at the same time. It is about the special double-vision you get when you are standing with one foot in each place. It is about the family you make and the family you came from -- and locating, navigating, and finally celebrating the place where they meet. It is about reaching for life with both hands -- and finding it. 2328657 8 1 2008 The Middle Place total:4102|5:1130|4:1795|3:923|2:225|1:29| 4102 16078 6481 1358 3 9 false false Wed Jan 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 07 08:45:05 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 07 16:14:12 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 6 false false Fri Jul 11 16:42:58 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 11 16:45:38 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 6 false false Fri Nov 09 04:50:13 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 04 08:51:58 -0800 2007
Fantastic book. Beautiful and witty. Corrigan articulated everything I never knew I felt about my...more...]]> 5 3 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 06 16:28:43 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 24 14:11:20 -0800 2008 The Top Place for Outstanding Memoirs
This memoir is filled with love, humility, honesty, compassion and a great sense of humor. Well-written and highly readable, the structure pulls you from cover to cover so quickly, it's readable in one sitting. My one sitting happened to be on a long plane ...more...]]> 5 2 false false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 09 16:22:51 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 09 16:25:48 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 2 false false Sat Jan 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 03 23:51:15 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 03 23:55:45 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 6 false false Fri Mar 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 25 07:59:42 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 25 08:00:24 -0700 2009
I liked the first third of the book fine and then her father also got ...more...]]> 2 7 false false Thu Mar 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 23 11:14:30 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 27 07:58:23 -0700 2009
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"The Middle Place is about calling home. Instinctively. 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, the...more...]]> 2 1 false false Mon Mar 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 24 14:56:13 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 30 15:00:27 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Mar 21 09:00:53 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 19 11:15:28 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 19 11:26:29 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 1 false false Tue Mar 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 04 18:53:41 -0800 2009 Sat Mar 07 20:52:45 -0800 2009
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I loved the quirks and personalities in her family. I loved her insights into motherhood. I loved her Dad! She made me laugh and cry which is just what I needed this week.

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