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First Published:
Feb 2006, 256 pages
Paperback:
Jan 2007, 256 pages
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Gail Caldwell is the
chief book critic for The Boston Globe, where she has been a staff writer and
critic since 1985. In 2001, she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Distinguished
Criticism. She is also an avid rower. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
"I don't feel that novels change the world. I think novels change people's
hearts. People's hearts, one at a time, change the world." - Gail Caldwell.
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This article was originally published in February 2006, and has been updated for the
January 2007 paperback release.
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