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The Middle Place
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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 youre an adult, but all the same, there you are, clutching the phone and thanking God that youre still somebodys daughter.For Kelly Corrigan, family is everything.At thirtysix, 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 Corrigans daughter. A garrulous IrishAmerican 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, Kellys 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 shes abruptly shoved into a comingofage when she finds a lump in her breast and gets the diagnosis no one wants to hear. And so Kellys journey to fullblown adulthood begins. When George, too, learns he has latestage cancer, it is Kellys 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 naturalborn storyteller, a gift you quickly recognize as her fathers 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 heartwrenching, The Middle Place is about being a parent and a child at the same time. It is about the special doublevision 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.
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