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Bright precious thing : a memoir / Gail Caldwell.
"Frank and revealing, this memoir chronicles what it was like for Gail Caldwell to grow up across the decades of the women's movement. She confronts personal turning points, from abortion and illicit love to date rape and alcoholism, up through the #MeToo movement, that led her to see life as a bright precious thing. Another bright precious thing is a young neighborhood girl with whom Gail shares stories. The wise voice and deep feelings for life from Caldwell's bestseller Let's Take The Long Way Home are present again in Bright Precious Thing"-- Provided by publisher.
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- ISBN: 9780525510055
- ISBN: 0525510052
- Physical Description: 193 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Random House, [2020]
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- 2 of 2 copies available at Kenton County.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Covington Branch | 070.92 C147 2020 (Text) | 33126024203394 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Erlanger Branch | 070.92 C147 2020 (Text) | 33126024203360 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
The Pulitzer Prize-winning Boston Globe literary critic and best-selling author of Letâs Take the Long Way Home chronicles the womenâs movement from the 1960s through the #MeToo era to evaluate its impact on her feminist pursuits. - Baker & Taylor
"Frank and revealing, this memoir chronicles what it was like for Gail Caldwell to grow up across the decades of the women's movement. She confronts personal turning points, from abortion and illicit love to date rape and alcoholism, up through the #MeToo movement, that led her to see life as a bright precious thing. Another bright precious thing is a young neighborhood girl with whom Gail shares stories. The wise voice and deep feelings for life from Caldwell's bestseller Let's Take The Long Way Home are present again in Bright Precious Thing"-- - Random House, Inc.
From the New York Times bestselling author of Letâs Take the Long Way Home comes a moving memoir about how the womenâs movement revolutionized and saved her life, from the 1960s to the #MeToo era.
In a voice as candid as it is evocative, Gail Caldwell traces a path from her west Texas girlhood through her emergence as a young daredevil, then as a feministâa journey that reflected seismic shifts in the culture itself. Caldwellâs travels took her to California and Mexico and dark country roads, and the dangers she encountered were rivaled only by the personal demons she faced. Bright Precious Thing is the captivating story of a womanâs odyssey, her search for adventure giving way to something more profound: the evolution of a writer and a woman, a struggle to embrace oneâs life as a precious thing.
Told against a contrasting backdrop of the present day, including the authorâs friendship with a young neighborhood girl, Bright Precious Thing unfolds with the same heart and narrative grace of Caldwellâs Letâs Take the Long Way Home, called âa lovely gift to readersâ by The Washington Post. Bright Precious Thing is a book about finding, then protecting, what we cherish most.