Kelly Corrigan's dad was her best friend growing up. He was the "fun one." Her mother, on the other hand, was pragmatic, unimaginative and even cold to Kelly's way of thinking. When Kelly decides to spend a year travelling after college, her dad's all for it while her mother wants her to stay put and get a job. Kelly and her friend Tracy head to Australia for an adventure. Not too far into it, they realize they don't have enough money and will have to find jobs to finance the rest of their adventure. Kelly ends up with a nanny job for a family in the suburbs that has lost the mother to cancer. For five months she helps them establish a new normal and finds out a little what being a mother means. She begins to understand how her mother was the glue so that her dad could be the glitter.
It's always satisfying when your children realize you might have actually known what you were doing. It's also satisfying when you find that out too! A nice little book that will warm a mother's heart.
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