Tell Me More: Stories about the 12 Hardest Things I'm Learning to Say

Gorgeous book about the beauty of ordinary life and human connections. I already want to pore over its pages again.

Such an authentic voice. Beautifully written. Honest to a fault and funny too. I loved it.

loved it so much

This is a collection of musings on the author’s family connections, with her beloved father as the fulcrum, are thoughtful, poignant, hilarious, and candid. I absolutely love Kelly Corrigan’s writing and as soon as I finished this book I knew it is one I’ll return to again.

I have read every one of Kelly Corrigan’s books. I was waiting, excitedly, for her newest TELL ME MORE: STORIES ABOUT THE 12 HARDEST THINGS I’M LEARNING TO SAY. I wanted to be able to absorb it with no distractions, full eyes, and knowing that her words were going to speak to me. Just as the messages in her other books did. Kelly writes with such conviction and just the right nuance of humor, about subjects that are both challenging as well as the everyday. Nailing it every time.Whether thinking about her departed larger than life father, Greenie, or her dearest friend Liz, who also passed away, way too soon, but who lives on for Kelly through her children, with whom she remains so close.Tell me more, Kelly. “It’s like this.” That last paragraph. I have re-read it several times and plan to again and again. Ground control. I could barely get through it. In a good way. I might have snorted when she wrote that her daughters know more about “JoJo and Jordan from The Bachelorette than with Jacob and Joseph from the Bible” after watching Ruby up on the bimah.My laughter was probably audible down the street when she talks about her teenage daughters as you can just visualize each scenario: Kelly feels like an underappreciated chauffeur, has had more eye rolls than a woman deserves in a lifetime, but she gives as well as she gets. I can relate like we were separated at birth with her own teen years laid out in one sentence through a TV show, popular singer, and pantry item.​You do not need to be grieving, nor a parent, to read TELL ME MORE. Just human with a soul. Kelly dishes some of the best wisdom that a person can give in this book about things that you wish you knew in advance of the hard stuff that inevitably comes.I am not a fan of self-help books at all. Never was, not sure I ever will be. But give me a memoir that is thoughtful, introspective and is not forcing a way of life on you and I am all in. This is the kind of book that you come away from feeling like you had a great weekend with a trusted friend. Refreshed, reflective, the best cry ever, and oh, the laughter.

Incredible writing and impactful. Do read.

If you have not read this book, sprint out to buy a copy or order one RIGHT NOW FROM AMAZON from your phone. Every one of Kelly's books touches readers in some unique way, but this book focuses on what she thinks are the 12 phrases that we all need to know and practice saying in order to build meaningful relationships. Each phrase is the topic of a chapter with carefully and humanly written anecdotes and conversations that support the author's quest for meaningful moments and relationships in our everyday world. I cried and laughed out loud throughout, read chapters aloud to my husband, and felt as though Kelly was speaking to ME. She has a gift or making all of her readers feel that way! We'd like to sit next to her at a meal or invite her out to coffee for sure I want to be Kelly's BFF every time I read her stories. They are real, poignant, honest, and raw. This is also a great book since you can read it in one sitting or a chapter at a time. It can be picked up and put down, and I know it will be a book that I will come back to at different life stages and find new meaning. You will not be disappointed with this (or any of Kelly's other books if you have not yet exlplored her work. Each one is a gem!).

This is book is a very good insight into how we deal with what life throws at us. It is humorous, heart wrenching, happy and sad but ultimately it’s a wonderful sharing of how the author dealt with things and offers opportunity for the reader to learn by authors doing.