In a coming of age story about a woman who loved being a girl and the things that made her finally grow up, debut memoirist Kelly Corrigan brilliantlycaptures herlarger-than-life, Irish-American, born-salesman father, alongside memories of her childhoodreal, poignant, and often hilariousand her very adult battle with breast cancer. It's about that "middle place" between childhood and adulthood, and how one woman made the leap over to the other side.