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Middle Place, The | 
| Manufacturer: Hyperion
Category: EBooks
List Price: $17.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  70 reviews
Sales Rank: 2568
Format: Kindle Book
Media: Kindle Edition
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 272
Dewey Decimal Number: 362.196994490092
ASIN: B0012095DK
Publication Date: January 8, 2008
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Product Description
"The thing you need to know about me is that I am George Corrigan's daughter, his only daughter." So begins this beautifully written memoir, in which Kelly Corrigan 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. Writing with candor and a surprising amount of graceful humor, Kelly alternates the tale of growing up Corrigan with her life and her father's today, as they each--successfully, for now--battle cancer. Throughout, she explores the framework of illness and what it means when the one person who has been your source of strength is in need of some himself. Uplifting without shying away from the realities of life with cancer, this highly personal story ultimately examines the universal theme of family, both those we create and those that created us. The Middle Place is about the bittersweet moment between childhood and adulthood--when you're a devoted wife and mother, but you'll always be daddy's girl. In fresh, insightful prose, Kelly explores and ultimately embraces that "middle place," bringing to light the wonderful opportunity of coming to know who you are and where you truly belong.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 65 more reviews...
 Loved this book July 4, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I loved reading this book. I read it nearly straight through, as it is very accessible, like talking to the author. The main reason I think we should all read it is that it gives an up-close and candid look at the trauma of breast cancer in one woman's life, allowing us the language to face directly-- verbally -- what faces women with breast cancer.
The strength of the book is in its look at one honest woman's experience lived within a very close family and the strengths and weaknesses of individuals and the system as a whole in dealing with the onset of radically unexpected breast cancer. She does a fantastic job of getting at the implications for one's sense of security, one's inability to protect the people we love. I like the way she takes on the mundane banalities of worrying over looks and diet, how ordinary everyday shallow, thoughtless talk shared between friends becomes really hard to tolerate in the face of the hugeness of this assault on one's body and spirit,etc. And the lonely breakdowns, where really no one can enter.
This is a passionate book. I loved its intimacy, its directness, its vignettes where terror enters, and where love takes over.
Thank You Kelly!!!!!!! July 2, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
My husband and I both were diagnosed with cancer this past holiday season in 2007. We, like Kelly and Greenie share a wonderful bond of love and understanding that only two know. There are several years between my husband and I, so I could relate to that bond between Kelly and her Father. Like the Corrigans were also survivors of that dreaded "C" word that plagues so many today. Her book touched me in ways that I cannot describe. I cried, I laughed and I wished that I was part of her family at times. I hope she finds the time to entertain us with more heartfelt stories. Please, Kelly keep writing your families stories. I love them. Thank for the therapy you gave us it was the best money I ever spent.
 a pleasant surprise July 2, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
i bought this book without knowing much about it. i had only read other amazon reviews and they were all positive. cancer is not something i love to read about--my mom had it recently, my best friend had it 7 years ago, and i had it also--but i figured i would give it a try. to my surprise, this book was so much more than a book about cancer. it was a great memoir with colorful, real characters who truly came to life in the author's stories about growing up a Corrigan. i read through this book in a few hours because i couldn't put it down. it's a great summer read.
The Middle Place June 23, 2008
RUN ... to get The Middle Place!
This is in my top 5 ... make that top 3 books I have ever read!
Kelly Corrigan is real.
She is smart, funny, honest and human.
It ia a book about life ... for all of us.
Do yourself a BIG favor ... Read it ... and love it,
 not much original here June 18, 2008
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
Do you love books about lovable Irish-American clans with larger-than-life father figures?
Would you enjoy reading about a larger-than-life lovable Irishman who calls himself "The Green Man" and refers to himself in the third person?
Are you interested in yet another account of battling breast cancer with chemo, radiation, hair loss etc etc?
If you answered yes to any of the above, this book is for you.
If not, don't bother.
I don't mean to minimize the author's experience but it didn't seem that much different from the other breast cancer experiences I've read about. As for the family, I have no doubt about the love the author feels for her father. I just don't see what makes it interesting for anyone else.
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