Glitter and Glue by Kelly Corrigan
While in high school, Kelly’s mother always summarized their family dynamic as “Your father’s the glitter but I’m the glue.” This meant nothing to Kelly, who was sure that for the rest of her life her mother’s commandments and stoicism would be nothing more than background chatter. After college, Kelly took off for Australia to see things and become interesting. But her plan didn’t pan out the way she hoped. In matters of month, she lost her savings and had the choice to go home or get a job. But when Kelly met a newly widowed father she becomes a nanny and while she spends every day with the kids she reconsiders her relationship with her mother. Glitter and Glue is a story of travel vs. life experience, fathers and mothers, and who you admire and why.
