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Let's Take the Long Way Home
Let's Take the Long Way Home
Gail Cadwell
We are so excited that Gail Caldwell's poignant memoir, LET'S TAKE THE LONG WAY HOME, will now be available; publication date is August 10th. We read this book last fall in galley form, and then last May, Gail was with in Riverside for a moving and inspired reading luncheon. This is a very special and rare book in our lives, and we know that you'll be as touched by Gail's poetry as we were. More...



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Esther Bushell is a book group facilitator whose opinions and perspectives are sought by leading publishers, including Random House, Simon & Schuster, and Harper Collins. Her 20+ book groups across...
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Cai Boldt Pandolfino is a book-loving, entrepreneurial-minded mother of two. A happy recipient of Esther's literary expertise as a student at Greenwich High School, Cai went on to study at Dartmouth College...
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book chat

  • 2 August 2010 Man Booker Longlist Unveiled...
    • I went to a luncheon for Emma Donoghue and wrote about ROOM in my “report from BEA" earlier this summer. I was thrilled to see her novel on the Man Booker longlist... more on the list here.
  • 30 July 2010 A big hug for Sara Gruen...
    • Check out this cute pic of our September 23rd luncheon guest, Sara Gruen....!
  • 22 July 2010 Dead End Gene Pool
    • I giggled just reading the review of this book, so thought I'd pass it along. NPR call it a "Laugh Out Loud Summer Book". Wendy Burden's memoir of growing up Vanderbilt "features prose as sparkling and refreshing as sand and water"... more.
  • 21 July 10 Woody Allen says it all...again.
    • Woody Allen: 'No Substitute for Reading & There Never Will Be'