Glitter and glue: A Memoir
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"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 father's the glitter but I'm 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 Kelly's life, which she was carefully orienting toward adventure. After college, armed with a backpack, her personal mission statement, and a wad of traveler's checks, she took off for Australia to see things and do things and Become Interesting. But it didn't turn out the way she pictured it. In a matter of months, her fanny pack full of savings had dwindled and she realized she needed a job. That's 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, her mother's 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 it's about who you admire and why, and how that changes over time. Advance praise for Glitter and Glue: "Kelly Corrigan's heartfelt homage to motherhood is every bit as tough and funny as it is nostalgic and searching. It's a tale about growing up, gaining wisdom, and reconciling with Mom (something we all must do eventually), but it's 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 Corrigan's 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. It's 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; "In Glitter and Glue, Kelly Corrigan gives us a lovely and insightful lesson in what it means to be both a mother and a daughter. This book will make you laugh, it will make you cry, and I know that you will gobble it up in a single day, just like I did"--Ayelet Waldman, New York Times bestselling author of Bad Mother"--
"One of the things you should know about Kelly Corrigan is that she is the daughter of Mary Corrigan, a woman of conviction and grit who taught her kids that No Means No and Actions Speak Louder than Words and if they wanted a bunch of Rah Rah Lovey Dovey, go talk to your father--so Kelly did, over and over again, exiting her childhood with the sense that she'd always have more shared ground with him. But when she arrived in Australia in the summer of 1992, the only job she could find was as a nanny. She thought she was signing up for carpools and babysitting and some light cooking, but what she walked into instead was a household still reeling with grief from the recent loss of the mother. Completely unprepared, Kelly spent five months trying to help the Tanner family pick up the pieces. And to her surprise, she found herself quietly deferring to the wisdom of Mary Corrigan, who once told the young Kelly that her charming father "may be the glitter, but I'm the glue," a pattern that would become more pronounced years later, when Kelly's own daughters were born, and it turned out that each and every day demanded her mother's signature conviction and grit. This is a story about growing up and stepping up, but most of all, it's about the great adventure of motherhood"--
"One of the things you should know about Kelly Corrigan is that she is the daughter of Mary Corrigan, a woman of conviction and grit who taught her kids that No Means No and Actions Speak Louder than Words and if they wanted a bunch of Rah Rah Lovey Dovey, go talk to your father--so Kelly did, over and over again, exiting her childhood with the sense that she'd always have more shared ground with him. But when she arrived in Australia in the summer of 1992, the only job she could find was as a nanny. She thought she was signing up for carpools and babysitting and some light cooking, but what she walked into instead was a household still reeling with grief from the recent loss of the mother. Completely unprepared, Kelly spent five months trying to help the Tanner family pick up the pieces. And to her surprise, she found herself quietly deferring to the wisdom of Mary Corrigan, who once told the young Kelly that her charming father "may be the glitter, but I'm the glue," a pattern that would become more pronounced years later, when Kelly's own daughters were born, and it turned out that each and every day demanded her mother's signature conviction and grit. This is a story about growing up and stepping up, but most of all, it's about the great adventure of motherhood"--
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Americans
Americans -- Australia -- Sydney (N.S.W.) -- Biography
Americans -- Australia -- Sydney (N.S.W.) -- Biography -- Audiobooks (CD)
Audiobooks (CD)
Biography & Autobiography
Corrigan, Kelly
Corrigan, Kelly, -- 1967-
Corrigan, Kelly, -- 1967- -- Family
Corrigan, Kelly, -- 1967- -- Travel -- Australia
Corrigan, Kelly, -- 1967- -- Travel -- Australia -- Sydney (N.S.W.)
Electronic books
Family
Family & Relationships
Motherhood
Motherhood -- Audiobooks (CD)
Motherhood -- Parenting
Mothers and daughters
Mothers and daughters -- Audiobooks (CD)
Nannies
Nannies -- Australia -- Sydney (N.S.W.) -- Biography
Nannies -- Australia -- Sydney (N.S.W.) -- Biography -- Audiobooks (CD)
Nonfiction
Personal Memoirs
Personal Memoirs -- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Sydney (N.S.W.) -- Biography
Sydney (N.S.W.) -- Biography -- Audiobooks (CD)
Travel
Women
Women -- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Young women
Young women -- Australia -- Sydney (N.S.W.) -- Biography
Young women -- United States -- Biography
Young women -- United States -- Biography -- Audiobooks (CD)
Americans -- Australia -- Sydney (N.S.W.) -- Biography
Americans -- Australia -- Sydney (N.S.W.) -- Biography -- Audiobooks (CD)
Audiobooks (CD)
Biography & Autobiography
Corrigan, Kelly
Corrigan, Kelly, -- 1967-
Corrigan, Kelly, -- 1967- -- Family
Corrigan, Kelly, -- 1967- -- Travel -- Australia
Corrigan, Kelly, -- 1967- -- Travel -- Australia -- Sydney (N.S.W.)
Electronic books
Family
Family & Relationships
Motherhood
Motherhood -- Audiobooks (CD)
Motherhood -- Parenting
Mothers and daughters
Mothers and daughters -- Audiobooks (CD)
Nannies
Nannies -- Australia -- Sydney (N.S.W.) -- Biography
Nannies -- Australia -- Sydney (N.S.W.) -- Biography -- Audiobooks (CD)
Nonfiction
Personal Memoirs
Personal Memoirs -- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Sydney (N.S.W.) -- Biography
Sydney (N.S.W.) -- Biography -- Audiobooks (CD)
Travel
Women
Women -- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Young women
Young women -- Australia -- Sydney (N.S.W.) -- Biography
Young women -- United States -- Biography
Young women -- United States -- Biography -- Audiobooks (CD)
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9780385392891
9780385392860
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title_display | Glitter and glue : a memoir | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title_full | Glitter and Glue A Memoir Glitter and Glue A Memoir [eBook] Corrigan, Kelly. Glitter and glue : a memoir / Kelly Corrigan Glitter and glue [sound recording] / Kelly Corrigan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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title_sub | A Memoir | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
topic_facet | Americans Audiobooks (CD) Biography & Autobiography Corrigan, Kelly Family Family & Relationships Motherhood Mothers and daughters Nannies Nonfiction Personal Memoirs Travel Women Young women |