Kelly Corrigan

Come hear Kelly Corrigan, author of the best-selling, heart-warming memoir The Middle Place. Kelly will be speaking about her new book Lift, a tiny but powerful meditation on parenting and the love that will keep you fighting longer and harder than you ever thought possible. Prepare to be inspired by ... (more)Kelly Corrigan, mother of two, journalist, & sought-after keynote speaker. This event is co-sponsored by the Ellie Fund. Books will be available for sale at the library; and, Wellesley Booksmith will donate 10% of the sales to The Ellie Fund.

Meet author Kelly Corrigan as she reads from and signs copies of her bestselling book, The Middle Place. For Kelly Corrigan, family is everything. At thirty-six, she had a marriage that worked, two funny, active kids, and a weekly newspaper column. But even as a thriving adult, Kelly still saw herself ... (more)as the daughter of garrulous Irish-American charmer George Corrigan. She was living 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 Kelly is abruptly shoved into coming-of-age when she finds a lump in her breast--and gets the diagnosis no one wants to hear. When George, too, learns that he has late-stage cancer, it is Kelly's turn to take care of the man who had always taken care of her--and to show us a woman who finally takes the leap and grows up.

Kelly Corrigan The Middle Place Saturday, April 18, 2009 Reading and Signing Borders Books and Music #225 1072 Camino Del Rio North San Diego, CA 92108 619-295-2201

Join us for luncheon at Mirani’s in Winnetka when KELLY CORRIGAN, a weekly newspaper columnist, speaks about her memoir The Middle Place, about the family one creates and the family one comes from — and locating, navigating, and celebrating the place where the two meet. For reservations ($50 includes ... (more)a signed book), call us at 847 446-8880.

Kelly Corrigan will read and sign her memoir The Middle Place.
Cynthia Kaplan, author of I'm Like This says, "Kelly Corrigan's utterly absorbing memoir is wry, smart, and often heart-wrenching. Corrigan takes us down memory lane and then, at the same time, down some other, darker road most of us hope ... (more)never to travel. Yet we follow her all the way, quite willingly, thanks to her sharp eye and her great sense of humor.

"Kelly Corrigan - Piedmont-based newspaper columnist and debut author of the highly-acclaimed memoir, The Middle Place. Corrigan is a contributor to magazines including O, The Oprah Winfrey Magazine, Good Housekeeping and Glamour. She launched CircusofCancer.org, a website that teaches friends ... (more)and family of cancer patients how to love someone through treatment."