In The Middle Place, Kelly Corrigan reflected on her relationship with her father while they both battled cancer. In Glitter and Glue: A Memoir, she examines the mother-daughter bond through the lens of a pivotal period in her life. The time was just after college, when the traveling Corrigan took a job as a nanny in a suburb of Sydney, Australia. Ten thousand miles from home, in her new role as caretaker for another family's children, her mother's voice was suddenly everywhere. This is a book about being forced to step up when you're inclined to step out, and the process of learning who it is you admire and why.

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