DESCRIPTIONS

<p>Written as a letter to her children, Kelly Corrigan's <i>Lift</i> is a tender, intimate, and robust portrait of risk and love; a touchstone for anyone who wants to live more fully. In <i>Lift</i>, Corrigan weaves together three true and unforgettable stories of adults willing to experience emotional hazards in exchange for the gratifications of raising children.</p> <p><i>Lift</i> takes its name from hang gliding, a pursuit that requires flying directly into rough air, because turbulence saves a glider from sinking out. For Corrigan, this wisdom becomes a metaphor for all of life's most meaningful endeavors, particularly the great flight that is parenting.</p> <p>Corrigan serves it up straight: how mundanely and fiercely her children have been loved, how close most lives occasionally come to disaster, and how often we fall short as mothers and fathers. <i>Lift</i> is for everyone who has been caught off guard by the pace and vulnerability of raising children, to remind us that our work is important and our time limited.</p> <p>Like Anne Morrow Lindbergh's <i>Gift from the Sea</i>, <i>Lift</i> is a meditation on the complexities of a woman's life, and like Corrigan's memoir <i>The Middle Place</i>, <i>Lift</i> is boisterous and generous, a book readers and listeners cant wait to share.</p>