Tuesday, January 08, 2008

The Middle Place


The Middle Place by Kelly Corrigan is ostensibly a memoir about a young woman's battle with breast cancer. In reality, it is that and an ode to her family, to her irrepressible father, her pragmatic mother, to her husband and their two young daughters.

I'm often torn about whether I should read books like this or not. They knock at my heart and drag some of my darkest fears into the light where I'm forced to examine them before locking them away until the next time. But this was a book I was glad to have read.

Read the rest of the review here.

2 comments:

Life As I Know It said...

I just saw this book in the bookstore last weekend and thought it looked good. I will definitely put it on my library list after reading your review...thanks!

Anonymous said...

Hey Bedhead,

Just wanted to thank you reviewing my book. So glad the pages found you.

Kelly Corrigan
Author of The Middle PLace