A year ago yesterday, the first EDIWTB book club read The Middle Place by Kelly Corrigan, a memoir of the author's bout with breast cancer. The "middle place" refers to those middle years when you're both a parent and a child. I enjoyed the book a lot and often wonder how Corrigan (and her very memorable father) are doing. Here is a link to the book club discussion.
Kelly Corrigan emailed me the following video this week, which her publisher put together on the occasion of the book's paperback release. It's an ode to friendship, to the ways in which our friends get us through the difficult periods of life. I enjoyed it and thought it was worth sharing here.
What a great celebration of female friendships.
Posted by: Kathy | December 12, 2008 at 08:25 AM
it brought tears to my eyes, and made me think of my good friends, thanks for sharing it. Here is an article Corrigan wrote for Oprah Magazine I found a couple of months ago that have read over and over.... she is truly talented. Gayle, thanks for introducing her to me (and all of us!)
http://www.oprah.com/article/omagazine/200810_omag_cancer_corrigan
Posted by: sheila | December 12, 2008 at 08:27 AM
Thanks so much for posting this. It was something I really needed to see.
Posted by: Stephanie | December 12, 2008 at 08:39 PM
Thank you, Gayle. And thanks to Sheila for the link to the article.
Posted by: Mary | December 13, 2008 at 06:11 PM