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

It´s a crazy idea: trying to name the phrases that make love and connection possible. But that´s just what Kelly Corrigan has set out to do here. In her New York Times bestselling memoirs, Corrigan distilled our core relationships to their essences, showcasing a warm, easy storytelling style. Now, in Tell Me More, she´s back with a deeply personal, unfailingly honest, and often hilarious examination of the essential phrases that turn the wheel of life. In "I Don´t Know," Corrigan wrestles to make peace with uncertainty, whether it´s over invitations that never came or a friend´s agonizing infertility. In "No," she admires her mother´s ability to set boundaries and her liberating willingness to be unpopular. In "Tell Me More," a facialist named Tish teaches her something important about listening. And in "I Was Wrong," she comes clean about her disastrous role in a family fight--and explains why saying sorry may not be enough. With refreshing candor, a deep well of empathy, and her signature desire to understand "the thing behind the thing," Corrigan swings between meditations on life with a preoccupied husband and two mercurial teenage daughters to profound observations on love and loss. With the streetwise, ever-relatable voice that defines Corrigan´s work, Tell Me More is a moving and meaningful take on the power of the right words at the right moment to change everything.