“My readers often say to me, 'If we lived next door to each other, we'd be best friends.' That is precisely what I wanted to say to smart, funny, self-effacing Ellen McCarthy after I finished reading The Real Thing. I loved every lesson laid out in a book that wouldn't dare to call itself a field guide to marriage but amounts to as much on every page. This is a deeply useful little book.” IfsLittlesBookRealSelfWantedReadingNextDoorsFieldsReaderAmountLessonsPagesSmartDareFinishedGuidesReal Things Author:Kelly Corrigan
“He defined me first, as parents do. Those early characterizations can become the shimmering self-image we embrace or the limited, stifling perception we rail against for a lifetime.” FirstsSelfParentPerceptionEmbraceLifetimeDefinedRailStiflingCharacterization Author:Kelly Corrigan
“It is one thing to be a man's wife - quite another to be the mother of his children. In fact, once you become a mother, being a wife seems like a game you once played or a self-help book you were overly impressed with as a teenager that on second reading is puffy with common ideas. This was one of the many things I had learned since crossing over into the middle place - that sliver of time when childhood and parenthood overlap.” MenChildrenBookIdeasSelfFactsHelpingSeemsMotherReadingGamesCommonWifeOne ThingChildhoodMiddleSelf HelpTeenagerParenthoodImpressedBe A ManCrossingsSelf Help BooksHelp BookCrossing Over Book:The Middle Place Source: The Middle Place
