A million thanks to NetGalley, Random House and especially Kelly Corrigan for the opportunity to read and review this book. I have been a fan of Corrigan's and read all her other books but this one brought me to my knees.

This is such a truthful book - the author's telling of things she has learned or is learning. Like the power of saying no - and yes.. I Was Wrong was one of the most powerful chapters to me - I would like to copy it and share it with every grandchild out there before it's too late. The true life stories behind these lessons are just that - so truthful. The good and bad side of parenting, how hard it is to lose someone we love, and how to honor that love.

You will laugh and you will cry, you'll see yourself and others, and hopefully some of these lessons will imprint themselves on those who read it. I will be buying a hard copy of this book to read again and share.

Besides the fact that Kelly is a Warriors fan (sorry, Cavs all the way!), she is the kind of friend you wish you had and the kind of friend you wish you could be.

Glowing 5 star reviews don't seem enough - maybe this was just the right book at the right time, but I know it will stay with me. Don't wait - read this book!

I was a lucky one that received an advanced copy of this book. I have finished this book on the day that it is being released to the public and I can't wait to recommend it to all my friends. As someone who is in the middle of the first year of suddenly loosing my mother this couldn't have come at a better time. Kelly sharing her grief feels like a best girlfriend sitting down with me and showing me that I am not doing this alone. I have always loved Kelly Corrigan's writing but this one for me is the best. I am sure that that has to do with my situation but how wonderful to have a book meet me where I am. Please, please read this book.

Dear Fellow Reader,

I have something I have to admit to you.  Sometimes I read too fast.  I will blame it on my mother's insistence that her children take speed reading.  Reading fast is fine in many ways.  I can read books, enjoy them and move on.  Sometimes though, it catches up to me and I need to slow down.

Tell Me More by Kelly Corrigan is one of those books I should have slowed down when I was reading.  As a result, I have gone back and read it again. Tell Me More is a memoir. It is about the time in Kelly Corrigan's life after her beloved Father's death and her friend Liz's death.  Her coming to terms with those deaths and the clash of her grief meeting her real life of raising two teenage daughters and being a wife caused her to take a look at how she could be a better person.

The subtitle of the book is Stories about the 12 Hardest Things I 'm Learning to Say.

"This book is about things we say to people we love (including ourselves) that make things better"

Each of the phrases that she is learning to say has a chapter that illustrates why she is learning to say it.  For example, when her daughter calls her in tears about something that happened with her friends, Kelly was prompted by her friend to listen rather than try and jump in to "fix" the situation.

"I admitted that I can't watch the girls climb a tree without telling them where to put their foot next. "I can sit on my hands for about eight seconds. When they tell me about a problem - which is rare and getting rarer - I can think of five things they should do before they finish their first sentence."

"Right. But then, there's that whole weird thing where half the time, it's not even about what they are saying it's about. So your advice is totally wrong because you don't even understand what the real problem is or what they're asking for."

She let her daughter talk. She asked questions about how her daughter was feeling. She discovered that she was more helpful than if she had jumped in with solutions.  By saying "Tell Me More" she was able to be a better sounding board for her daughter.

Kelly Corrigan is willing to let her readers see her as she actually is.  She does not try to hide her warts. She does show that she is trying to be a better person. She isn't a bad person - she is a person much like you or I with human frailties. It may be that she can see her flaws better than we can see ours.

I did like this book and I think it has many good points.  It deserves to be on your TBR pile.  I would also recommend her earlier book, Glitter and Glue: A Memoir. (My review of it can be found here.)

I am a bit overwhelmed by my TBR pile right now.  There seem to be so many good books that have come out and I still have so many from before that I am feeling a bit flooded. Do you feel that way?  Did you get any books during the holiday season that you can't wait to read?  Please share them in the comments!

My friend Trish says that Kelly Corrigan is her best friend, she just does not know it yet. That is not stalkery at all because when you read a book by Kelly Corrigan, you feel as if she is that one real friend that you can sit with and talk about anything. She gets it. You get her.

In this wonderful book, Kelly talks about 12 phrases that she is learning to say in different ways. I guarantee you will relate to one, if not all, of them. Especially touching to me was I Love You. It really is so true how that changes as time goes by. It changes in the way you say it to your husband or your children, your parents. This chapter had me in tears because I too have lost my father, actually both parents, and what she says about her dad, is so much of how I feel about mine. See? Best friends.

Thank you Kelly for putting into words a lot of what I feel. When you wrote about going back to when your kids were younger, I felt that. When you wrote about how great it was that they were where they are now, I felt that. When you wrote about your father and mother, felt that too.

This is the perfect book to read and reflect on life, especially since we are starting a new year. It will put a lot of things into perspective for you.

Thank you to Netgalley and Random House for this lovely, lovely book.

I love Kelly Corrigan's writing, and she's one of those authors I'm pretty sure I'd be friends with if we met in real life. (I could probably even track her down to meet if I wanted -- according to LinkedIn, her husband and I have some mutual friends, and she lives in an area where some of my friends live. But I'm not one of *those* fans, so don't call the cops on me, okay?)

This is a short read, and at first, I wondered if it was going to be one of those books written just to honor a contract. But she packs so much powerful writing into each of these stories that you feel like you know the people involved. And the way she writes about her friend Liz....wow. If I "have to leave early" (the words Liz uses for people who die young) I hope there is someone who can memorialize me like this.

If you've never read any Kelly Corrigan, you probably don't want to start here. Start with The Middle Place. Or maybe you want to start here to see if you like her (you will) and then read everything else she's written. You may not like everything, and you may not always like her, but she has a way of keeping it real that I find really appealing. Perhaps you will too.

I received an advance copy of this book from NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

Warm, funny, honest. Kelly Corrigan is a natural story teller. She reminds me a lot of Anne Lamott. (In fact, she interviewed Anne Lamott -- well worth looking up on Youtube). They both are laugh out loud funny and then they floor you with their honesty.

This author was recommended to me by my aunt, so when I saw this title available on NetGalley, I decided to give it a shot. While well written with a distinct voice (I can see why my aunt enjoys her writing), I’m just not the intended audience and am not at a point in my life where I can fully internalize and appreciate what is being shared here. I do know of people who would, however, enjoy this immensely.

Tell Me More is a solid read. It's a collection of essays by Kelly Corrigan. The author doesn't mince words and handles difficult subjects adroitly. The one part of the book that should have been excised was her dog's penchant for eating out of unflushed toilets. That was so revolting and served no purpose except to nauseate. Other than that, it's a good read.

I want to buy this so I can keep a copy on my shelf and hand it to anyone who just needs a good book. That's what this is, a good book. Everyone can find something within these pages that they relate to, and something they are astounded by.

Kelly Corrigan is such a treasure. I flew through this book, another memoir about her life. She has such an inviting realistic style of not only writing but about life. She talks so candidly about grief of losing her father and being a mother to pre-teen/teens. I truly would love to share an afternoon with her just chatting. She touches on a range of subjects in this book but mostly it's about the important people in her life as well as who she is as a person. She learns what's meaningful to focus on and what's okay to say nope to. It's a little gritty which works for me since nothing is more annoying than a holier than thou attitude.

If Kelly Corrigan were a friend, she'd be the whip smart, no BS, friend that helped you figure out your life over a latte. A fresh and inviting read.

I really like the idea of this book. After reading the description, I requested it from NetGalley thinking that it might be a great book for my book discussion group when it is published. Unfortunately, Tell Me More did not meet my expectations. I like the chapter titles, with the exception of Good Enough. (I also know that my reaction to Good Enough is personal. That is a phrase that just gets me going, makes me think of sloppy, lazy work.) As I was reading Tell Me More found I often had to go back to the beginning of a chapter to remind myself what point it was making. So, I liked the idea of the chapters, but not the story that illustrated it. That said, I have friends who I think might enjoy this book and will mention it to them.

Really good heartfelt lessons and an easy read. I enjoyed every one of the 12 lessons she touched on. Even though there's a lot of talk about loss and death it still manages to be a very uplifting and hopeful book. Definitely a good read and one I would recommend. Thanks to Netgalley for the advance copy to review, all opinions are my own.

I'm a longtime fan of Kelly Corrigan's writing, and this is her best work yet. Each essay is entertaining, heartfelt, and compelling. I appreciate her clear and honest thoughts on the things that matter most. This is a book I will give as a gift to pretty much everyone I know.

I need more stars to give this book. I love Kelly Corrigan and her style of writing. This book does not disappoint. Whether you are reading her for the first time or you are a longtime fan; you should have this book. It amazes me how grief and life can be so universal and so real and she speaks into these and so many things in such a great way!

Tell Me More by Kelly Corrigan author of The Middle Place takes us on a journey through twelve phrases she is learning to say. We are taken from "No" where she tells us of her respect for her mothers ability to set boundaries to "I was wrong" where she tells us how sometimes sorry isn't enough. Though many of these sayings people generally know intellectually sometimes we have trouble with their implementation in our everyday lives. With humor and strength we are taken on a journey into Kelly's life that is inspirational as well as tear inducing. "Tell Me More" is a must read. Thank you to netgalley and the publisher for allowing me to review it in exchange for my honest and unbiased opinion of it.

A funny, irreverent, and often poignant examination of motherhood, friendship, the grief of losing a parent, and the shock of crashing head first into the body's frailty. Highly recommended for fans of Anne Lamott.

Thank you to NetGalley and Random House Publishing for an e-ARC of this title in exchange for my honest opinion. I've read everything by Kelly Corrigan, but this is my favorite. I kept thinking that maybe it came to me at a time I needed it, but really, I think this book will be one of the few I return to, and that I read passages out loud to family. I already know a few people I plan to give it to as a gift...highlighting passages. It touched me, it made me smile, it struck my heart. This is me cheering Corrigan on and applauded a wonderful book.

If you haven’t read Kelly Corrigan’s books, do yourself a favor and read them. She is a gifted writer and each of her books have left me feeling better, smarter, wiser after reading her words.

I was so excited when I saw she is coming out with a new book called, Tell Me More.

Here’s what you need to know:

In “I Don’t Know,” Corrigan wrestles to make peace with uncertainty, whether it’s over expected invitations that never come or a friend’s agonizing infertility. In “No,” she admires her mother’s ability to set boundaries, her liberating willingness to be unpopular. In “Tell Me More,” she learns something important about listening from a facialist named Tish. 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 in this insightful book between meditations on life with a preoccupied husband and two mercurial teenage daughters to profound observations on love and loss.

In channeling the characteristically streetwise, ever-relatable voice that has defined Corrigan’s work, Tell Me More is a meaningful, touching take on the power of the right words at the right moment to change everything.

YES PLEASE.

When I read Kelly Corrigan, I always walk away wishing that she could be my next door neighbor and best friend. I first read The Middle Place shortly after it's publication in 2010 and have thought of it many, many times since. Corona's latest, Tell Me More, presents as twelve personal essays relating to each of the 12 things she's learning to say. I must admit, I have added all twelve along with a few notes about each to a notebook I've been keeping about yoga teachings and life lessons. Insightful, articulate and accessible, I cannot think of a single woman I know (I am a middle aged, middle class American woman) that would not pick up this book and have something to reflect about or learn. One of the later essays that discussed the passing of her dear friend, Liz, had me reading through tears.