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Lets take the long way home is an intimate reflection on one of the great gifts life can offerthat of a best friend. Jan 12, 2020 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 new york times bestseller they met over their dogs. This is a book youll want to share with your own necessary pillars of life, as caldwell refers to her nearest and dearest. The memoir describes the friendship between the author and fellow writer caroline knapp who died at the age of 42 in 2002, and it takes place in cambridge, massachusetts.
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