The Middle Place
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I stayed up til 2am last night reading this. Moving, warm and heart breaking all at the same time.
I first heard about this book on a YouTube video. The author was reading a wonderful excerpt from her book on the video, all about the wonderful support women give each other during the tough times every woman will face. Somewhere I saw that the reader was Kelly Corrigan and I assumed the beautifully written words were from her book, The Middle Place.
After reading the entire book, I finally realized the piece must be from an article Corrigan wrote; The Middle Place is a story from an earlier part of Corrigan's life. The Middle Place relates the tale of Corrigan's love for her dad and the subsequent diagnosis of cancer in both Corrigan and her father. It's a worthy story. I'd have never checked it out but for the lovely video on YouTube. Now I await her newest book.
I liked this book. My mom was treated for breast cancer some years ago, and some parts of the book were pure reminiscense, still others answered questions I haven't asked at the time.