Gail Caldwell
Author of Let's Take the Long Way Home: A Memoir of Friendship
About the Author
Gail Caldwell was born in 1951 in Amarillo, Texas. She attended Texas Tech, University and then went on to University of Texas at Austin and obtained two degrees in American Studies. She became a profesor at the University of Texas until 1981 before she joined the Boston Globe. She taught feature show more writing at Boston University. She wrote for publications such as the Village Voice and New England Monthly. She has authored some books such as: A Strong west Wind and Let's Take the Long way Home. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by Gail Caldwell
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Common Knowledge
- Birthdate
- 1951-01-20
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Amarillo, Texas, USA
- Places of residence
- Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
- Education
- University of Texas, Austin (American Studies)
Texas Tech University
Tascosa High School - Occupations
- book critic
university instructor
memoirist - Relationships
- Knapp, Caroline (friend)
- Organizations
- The Boston Globe
- Awards and honors
- Pulitzer Prize (Criticism, 2001)
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Reviews
Let's Take the Long Way Home: A Memoir of… by Gail Caldwell
This was a great read. I once had a friend like Caroline and while reading this book I missed her.
Here's what I wrote in 2013 about this read: "A true story of friendship between kindred spirits. Main story line is friendship between two women, secondary is the love of a dog and her master. Very nice and sparked interest in Caroline Knapp since both she and the author were also recovered alcoholics." Quotations in the comments section are my exact kindle highlights (other than the last one which I found on goodreads and it's a good one).
Not Good! Did not finish. Depressing and slow.
Not my usual kind of book, but very well done.
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- Works
- 4
- Members
- 1,205
- Popularity
- #21,315
- Rating
- 3.9
- Reviews
- 76
- ISBNs
- 33
- Languages
- 2