Let's Take the Long Way Home: A Memoir of Friendship

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Let's Take the Long Way Home: A Memoir of Friendship - Caldwell, Gail
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They met over their dogs. Gail Caldwell and Caroline Knapp (author of Drinking: A Love Story) became best friends, talking about everything from their love of books and their shared history of a struggle with alcohol to their relationships with men. Walking the woods of New England and rowing on the Charles River, these two private, self-reliant women created an attachment more profound than either of them could ever have foreseen. Then, several years into this remarkable connection, Knapp was diagnosed with cancer. With her signature exquisite prose, Caldwell mines the deepest levels of devotion, and courage in this gorgeous memoir about treasuring a best friend, and coming of age in midlife. Let's Take the Long Way Home is a celebration of the profound transformations that come from intimate connection--and it affirms, once again, why Gail Caldwell is recognized as one of our bravest and most honest literary voices.

Product Details
Price
$18.00  $16.74
Publisher
Random House Trade
Publish Date
Pages
224
Dimensions
5.2 X 8.1 X 0.5 inches | 0.45 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780812979114
BISAC Categories:
Women
Personal Memoirs
Friendship

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About the Author
Gail Caldwell is the former chief book critic for The Boston Globe, where she was a staff writer and critic for more than twenty years. In 2001, she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism. She is also the author of A Strong West Wind, a memoir of her native Texas. Caldwell lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Reviews
"A near-perfect memoir: beautiful, humble, intimate and filled with piercing insights. Meant to be savored and shared."--Time

"Stunning . . . gorgeous . . . intense and moving . . . A book of such crystalline truth that it makes the heart ache."--The Boston Globe

"Female friendships is the beating heart of this book. . . . [Gail Caldwell describes] both the very best that women can be together and the precious things they can, if they wish, give back to one another: power, humor, love and self-respect."--Julie Myerson, The New York Times Book Review, Editor's Choice

"[A] beautiful book . . . The losing isn't the exceptional part of this story; everyone loses something, sooner or later. The wonder lies in finding it in the first place."--Salon

"A tribute to the enduring power of friendship . . . You can shelve Let's Take the Long Way Home . . . next to The Year of Magical Thinking, Joan Didion's searing memoir about losing her husband to heart failure. But that's assuming it makes it to your shelf: This is a book you'll want to share with your own 'necessary pillars of life, ' as Caldwell refers to her nearest and dearest. . . . A lovely gift to readers."--Washington Post

"[Their] relationship nurtured and inspired Caldwell and Knapp, and in reading about it, we feel enriched as well."--Chicago Tribune, Editor's Choice

"Universal . . . [Caldwell] taps the joys of communion with a soulmate."--Los Angeles Times
"A heartbreaker of a memoir . . . With humor and sadness . . . Caldwell gracefully weaves a thread of stories that describe and ponder friendship and loss."--USA Today

"High-spirited and heartrending."--People

"Caldwell's graceful account ensures that Knapp will be remembered not just for her tragic death but for her vigorous, rich life."--Parade

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