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| Author | Gail Caldwell (1951-) |
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| Language | English |
| Publisher | Random House |
Publication date | 10 August 2010 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Pages | 208 pp |
| ISBN | ISBN 978-1400067381 Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: invalid character |
| OCLC | 660156384 |
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| LC Class | PN4874.K575 C35 2010 |
Let's Take the Long Way Home: A memoir of friendship is a memoir by Gail Caldwell (1951–). The memoir describes the friendship between Gail Caldwell and Caroline Knapp in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Let's Take the Long Way Home was published in 2010. The title refers to their habit of taking the long way home so that they could continue their conversations.
Plot summary
"Apart, we had each been frightened drunks and single women and dog lovers; together, we became a small corporation. Finding Caroline was like placing a personal ad for an imaginary friend, then having her show up at your door funnier and better than you could have conceived."
Awards and recognition
Let's Take the Long Way Home: a memoir of friendship won the New England Book Award in 2010. Gail Caldwell won the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism in 2001 for her writing at the Boston Globe.
References
Further reading
External links
- "Pack of Two by Gail Caldwell From the August 2010 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine"
- Gail Caldwell memoir, 'Let's Take the Long Way Home,' reviewed by Heller McAlpin in The Washington Post
- Cullen, Kevin. “Memoir Lashed, and Loved: Angela’s Ashes Author Finds Foes, Friends in Limerick”, Limerick Globe October 29, 1997
- Late Author’s Younger Brother Remembers Childhood Poverty Depicted in Angela’s Ashes - video report by Democracy Now!
- Limerick Leader's Angela's Ashes tour: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3