Gail Caldwell





Gail Caldwell

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Gail Caldwell is the former chief book critic for The Boston Globe, where she was a staff writer and critic for more than twenty years. In 2001, she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism. She is also the author of A Strong West Wind, a memoir of her native Texas. Caldwell lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.


Average rating: 3.79 · 2,977 ratings · 783 reviews · 5 distinct works
Let's Take the Long Way Hom...
3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 2,795 ratings — published 2010 — 10 editions
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A Strong West Wind: A Memoir
3.38 of 5 stars 3.38 avg rating — 182 ratings — published 2006 — 6 editions
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4.02 of 5 stars 4.02 avg rating — 934 ratings — published 2003 — 9 editions
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“I know now that we never get over great losses; we absorb them, and they carve us into different, often kinder, creatures.”
Gail Caldwell, Let's Take the Long Way Home: A Memoir of Friendship

“Scratch a fantasy and you'll find a nightmare.”
Gail Caldwell, Let's Take the Long Way Home: A Memoir of Friendship

“What they never tell you about grief is that missing someone is the simple part.”
Gail Caldwell, Let's Take the Long Way Home: A Memoir of Friendship

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