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Автор: Corrigan Kelly
Название: Glitter and Glue: A Memoir
Перевод названия: Келли Корриган: Безделушки и клей. Воспоминания
ISBN: 9780345532831
Издательство: Random House (USA)
Классификация: ISBN-10: 034553283X
Обложка/Формат: Hardcover
Страницы: 240
Вес: 0.37 кг.
Дата издания: 04.02.2014
Язык: English
Поставляется из: США
Описание: From the New York Times bestselling author of The Middle Place comes a new memoir that examines the bond--sometimes nourishing, sometimes exasperating, occasionally divine--between mothers and daughters.
When Kelly Corrigan was in high school, her mother neatly summarized the family dynamic as Your fathers the glitter but Im the glue. This meant nothing to Kelly, who left childhood sure that her mom--with her inviolable commandments and proud stoicism--would be nothing more than background chatter for the rest of Kellys life, which she was carefully orienting toward adventure. After college, armed with a backpack, her personal mission statement, and a wad of travelers checks, she took off for Australia to see things and do things and Become Interesting.
But it didnt turn out the way she pictured it. In a matter of months, her savings shot, she had a choice: get a job or go home. Thats how Kelly met John Tanner, a newly widowed father of two looking for a live-in nanny. They chatted for an hour, discussed timing and pay, and a week later, Kelly moved in. And there, in that house in a suburb north of Sydney, 10,000 miles from the house where she was raised, her mothers voice was suddenly everywhere, nudging and advising, cautioning and directing, escorting her through a terrain as foreign as any she had ever trekked. Every day she spent with the Tanner kids was a day spent reconsidering her relationship with her mother, turning it over in her hands like a shell, straining to hear whatever messages might be trapped in its spiral.
This is a book about the difference between travel and life experience, stepping out and stepping up, fathers and mothers. But mostly its about who you admire and why, and how that changes over time.
Advance praise for Glitter and Glue
Kelly Corrigans heartfelt homage to motherhood is every bit as tough and funny as it is nostalgic and searching. Its a tale about growing up, gaining wisdom, and reconciling with Mom (something we all must do eventually), but its also an honest meditation on our deepest fears of death and abandonment. I loved this book, I was moved by this book, and now I will share this book with my own mother--along with my renewed appreciation for certain debts of love that can never be repaid.--Elizabeth Gilbert, New York Times bestselling author of Eat, Pray, Love
In this endearing, funny, and thought-provoking memoir, Kelly Corrigans memories of long-ago adventures illuminate the changing relationships between mothers and children--as well as everything else that really matters.--Gretchen Rubin, New York Times bestselling author of The Happiness Project
Kelly Corrigan parses the bittersweet complexities of motherhood with humor and grace. Her writing has depth and buoyancy and light. Its a river on a summer day. You slip into the current, laughing, and are carried away by it. Glitter and Glue is a perfect gift for anyone with a mother.--Mary Roach, New York Times bestselling author of Stiff and Spook
Kelly Corrigans thoughtful and beautifully rendered meditation invites readers to reflect on their own launchings and homecomings. I accepted the invitation and learned things about myself. You will, too. Isnt that why we read?--Wally Lamb, New York Times bestselling author of We Are Water

Glitter and Glue: A Memoir, Corrigan Kelly