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Let's Take the Long Way Home: A Memoir of Friendship
Let's Take the Long Way Home A Memoir of Friendship
Author: Gail Caldwell
“It’s an old, old story: I had a friend and we shared everything, and then she died and so we shared that, too.” — So begins this gorgeous memoir by Pulitzer Prize winner Gail Caldwell, a testament to the power of friendship, a story of how an extraordinary bond between two women can illuminate the loneliest, funniest, hardest m...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9781400067381
ISBN-10: 1400067383
Publication Date: 8/10/2010
Pages: 208
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  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
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3.8 stars, based on 32 ratings
Publisher: Random House
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Audio CD
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reviewed Let's Take the Long Way Home: A Memoir of Friendship on + 79 more book reviews
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The first 70 some pages mainly deals with the author's bout with alcoholism and I was bored, bored, bored. Almost quit right there. Plodded on and the illness & death of Catherine was briefly covered and then onto the author's dealing w/grief. I found this book highly overrated. This book was more about the author than her friend and I was glad this was a library copy and I did not waste one of my credits.
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Impy avatar reviewed Let's Take the Long Way Home: A Memoir of Friendship on + 17 more book reviews
This is a beautifully written book. Its not just the story of two women and how they found friendship. Its about all friendships between women. From the beginning I found myself wanting to quote passages to various friends, to share the insights found in this book, to marvel at the sisterhood that can be found between strangers. Its also not just a book about how one person loses her friend-- its a book about grief...not how to survive it, but how we're not alone in how we must endure it. The familiarity of her loss, how it mirrored losses in my own life, the way she was able to put into words what I could only feel. This writer is a marvel and the story of her friendship and the loss of it is a gift.

I don't often savor the books I read, returning to re-read portions simply to more fully take in the beauty of the words, but this is a book I took my time with and sat, contemplating, the closed book in my hands, long after I finished.
kdurham2813 avatar reviewed Let's Take the Long Way Home: A Memoir of Friendship on + 753 more book reviews
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An honest look at friendships between women - a relationship that should hold just as much value as the one between spouses. My mom always told me that your significant other can not be your only relationship, they can't be everything for you. This book drove that lesson home page after page.
njmom3 avatar reviewed Let's Take the Long Way Home: A Memoir of Friendship on + 1389 more book reviews
A very serious look at the intensity of friendships and the intensity of losing a friend.


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