Kelly Corrigan

The title of Kelly Corrigan's frank, funny, moving new memoir, The Middle Place, refers to being caught between childhood and adulthood, between still needing that sense of support from your parents while taking responsibility for children of your own. It's about family and adversity and Corrigan's beloved, larger-than-life father, George. And it's about cancer—both the author's and her father's. In her discussion with our Borders Book Club, Corrigan shows all the wit and warmth that enliven this chronicle of surviving and living to laugh another day.