Glitter and Glue by Kelly Corrigan, Published 2/4/14, $10.99 Amazon.com Kindle
Kelly tells her life story after being diagnosed with cancer and having surgery. Her reflections on her past show the relationship between her and her parents. Especially her mother, and how it shapes not only her life but how she will be as a mother.
Kelly tells us of her travels right after graduation and how she ends up being a nanny for a widower in Australia. The children, step-son, the husband, and the grandfather (mother's dad) all live in the same house. Kelly's stay with them shows how the loss of the mother effects their lives and Kelly tried to help as best as possible. Later in life when Kelly is diagnosed with cancer all she can focus on is that she doesn't want to be like that mother - the one the Tanners lost to cancer. She doesn't want to have her family end up like the Tanners did.
While the memoir was well written, I struggled with reading it and the story kept losing my attention. I am glad to have read the ARC but I don't see myself buying this book to read again.
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