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Glitter and Glue : a Memoir by Corrigan, Kelly, 1967- is a travel available to read on EtoBox.

What is Glitter and Glue : a Memoir about?

Originally published: New York : Ballantine Books, 2014 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 e

Who reads Glitter and Glue : a Memoir?

Author

Corrigan, Kelly, 1967-

Publisher

Center Point Large Print

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9781628990423

Category

travel

Subjects

Sociology, History, Travel

Rating

4.3 / 5 (1,678 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14