07062cam a2200637 4500 234226143 TxAuBib 20140806120000.0 ||||||s2010||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781588369895 1588369897 B003E8AIHU Amazon 566072d6-eca6-481d-aca4-7020a69a84c0 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 452814 OverDrive (Product ID) 22922 452814 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Caldwell, Gail. Let's Take the Long Way Home [Libby] : A Memoir of Friendship. Random House Publishing Group, 2010. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 1811kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Biography & Autobiography. Family & Relationships. Nonfiction. HTML:"A near-perfect memoir: beautiful, humble, intimate and filled with piercing insights. Meant to be savored and shared.". HTML:Time. "Stunning...gorgeous....intense and moving....A book of such crystalline truth that it makes the heart ache.". HTML:The Boston Globe. "[Let's Take the Long Way Home] left me intensely moved....Caldwell's greatest achievement is to rise above [death and loss] to describe 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.". HTML: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.". HTML:Salon. HTML:"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.". HTML:Washington Post. "[Their] relationship nurtured and inspired Caldwell and Knapp, and in reading about it, we feel enriched as well.". HTML:Chicago Tribune, Editor's Choice. "A heartbreaker of a memoir....With humor and sadness....Caldwell gracefully weaves a thread of stories that describe and ponder friendship and loss.". HTML:USA Today. "Acutely observed and beautifully written....If you have tears, prepare to shed them....What an astonishing friendship. What great women. What a stellar, unforgettable book.". The Huffington Post. "Revelatory, joyous and inspiring.... Intensely moving, without a hint of sentimentality, Let's Take the Long Way Home...should be read and cherished.". HTML:The Bark Magazine. "High-spirited and heartrending.". HTML:People. "Moving....As much an elegy as a remembrance of shared joys.". HTML:Richmond Times-Dispatch. "Eloquent....A moving account of Caldwell's grief for her friend.". HTML:Cleveland Plain Dealer. "Caldwell's graceful account ensures that Knapp will be remembered not just for her tragic death but for her vigorous, rich life.". HTML:Parade Magazine. "Gail Caldwell knows a thing or two about good writing....Sure to appeal to anyone who has ever experienced true friendship.". HTML:The Daily Beast. "Poignant and powerful...Caldwell writes with deep feeling, but without sentimentality, about [a] life-altering friendship.". HTML:Kirkus Reviews. "Luminous....spare but wrenching....[Readers will] find themselves moved by Caroline, and will almost certainly be moved to tears.". HTML:Bookpage. "A gripping mix of confession, elegy, and resolve....An adroitly distilled memoir of trust, affinity, and love.". HTML:Booklist. "Savor the this hard-hitting portrait of a friendship.". HTML:AARP The Magazine. "Caldwell has managed to do the inexpressible in this quiet, fierce work: create a memorable offering of love to her best friend, Caroline Knapp....Caldwell is unflinching in depicting her friend's last days, although her own grief nearly undid her; she writes of this desolating time with tremendously moving grace.". HTML:Publishers Weekly (starred review.) HTML:NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 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. Look for special features inside. Join the Circle for author chats and more. RandomHouseReadersCircle.com. Media Type: eBook. 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