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New life, no instructions a memoir

Pulitizer Prize winner Gail Caldwell pens a memoir on how seemingly faint winds can blow us wildly off course; on how spending time with a beloved animal can benefit our basic humanity; and on what it means to overcome, at middle age, a multitude of blows.

Main Author: Caldwell, Gail, 1951-
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Random House, [2014]
Edition: First edition.
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Summary: Pulitizer Prize winner Gail Caldwell pens a memoir on how seemingly faint winds can blow us wildly off course; on how spending time with a beloved animal can benefit our basic humanity; and on what it means to overcome, at middle age, a multitude of blows.
Physical Description: 164 pages ; 22 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781400069545 (hbk. : alk. paper)
1400069548 (hbk. : alk. paper)
Author Notes: 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 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.

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