Glitter and glue: a memoir
(Large Print)
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." 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.
Corrigan, Kelly, -- 1967-
Corrigan, Kelly, -- 1967- -- Family.
Corrigan, Kelly, -- 1967- -- Travel -- Australia -- Sydney (N.S.W.)
Large type books.
Mothers and daughters.
Nannies -- Australia -- Sydney (N.S.W.) -- Biography.
Sydney (N.S.W.) -- Biography.
Young women -- Australia -- Sydney (N.S.W.) -- Biography.
Young women -- United States -- Biography.
Notes
Corrigan, K. (2014). Glitter and glue: a memoir. Large print edition. Thorndike, Me., Center Point Large Print.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Corrigan, Kelly, 1967-. 2014. Glitter and Glue: A Memoir. Thorndike, Me., Center Point Large Print.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Corrigan, Kelly, 1967-, Glitter and Glue: A Memoir. Thorndike, Me., Center Point Large Print, 2014.
MLA Citation (style guide)Corrigan, Kelly. Glitter and Glue: A Memoir. Large print edition. Thorndike, Me., Center Point Large Print, 2014.
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