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Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close - 'A life-affirming guide to creating and preserving great friendships' (Elle)
Aminatou Sow, Ann Friedman
Biography, Autobiography: general, Gender studies: women, Sociology: family & relationships, Family & relationships
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- Paperback Jul 27, 2021 | 9780349013039 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Jul 14, 2020 | 9780349013015 | RRP $12.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Jul 14, 2020 | 9781405547611 | RRP $35.99 Buy Now
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Virago
- Paperback Jul 27, 2021 | 9780349013039 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Jul 14, 2020 | 9780349013015 | RRP $12.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Jul 14, 2020 | 9781405547611 | RRP $35.99 Buy Now
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Little, Brown Audio
- Paperback Jul 27, 2021 | 9780349013039 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Jul 14, 2020 | 9780349013015 | RRP $12.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Jul 14, 2020 | 9781405547611 | RRP $35.99 Buy Now
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A funny, frank and genuinely helpful book about female friendship by the two women behind the hugely successful podcast Call Your Girlfriend - and the term 'shine theory'.
An inspiring and entertaining testament to the power of friendship, from the hosts of the hit podcast Call Your Girlfriend
'Deeply compelling' ROXANE GAY
A New York Times bestseller
A close friendship is one of the most important relationships a human life can contain. But most people don't talk about what it takes to stay close for the long haul.
Now two friends, Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman, tell the story of their messy and life-affirming Big Friendship in this honest and hilarious book. Through interviews with friends and experts, they also come to understand that their struggles are not unique.
This book is a call to value your friendships in all of their complexity, to actively choose them and sometimes, fight for them.
'A deeply funny and immensely heartfelt look into what makes a friendship last despite time, distance, trials and major life changes' ELLE
'An inspiration' ARIEL LEVY
'Wonderful' HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
'Thoughtful and highly readable' New York Times
Praise for Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close - 'A life-affirming guide to creating and preserving great friendships' (Elle)
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In a culture that primarily values romantic or familial relationships, Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close is a necessary corrective. Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman offer a deeply compelling book that is part clear-eyed and poignant memoir of a big, invaluable friendship and part frank manifesto on how to nurture the important friendships in our lives in good times and bad. In each chapter, Sow and Friedman demonstrate how they navigate the nuances of their long-standing friendship with elegance, warmth, and generosity. This is the kind of book that makes you want to reach out to your best, biggest friends to say thank you, thank you, thank you for walking in this world with me. As with your big friendships, this unforgettable book is one you will want to keep close. - Roxane Gay, author of Bad Feminist
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At its heart, this book is about the power of friendship. In a wonderful and intimate portrayal, Big Friendship shines a light on how being a friend can be just as eye-opening, challenging, and joyful as being a parent or a partner -- and how it can make you your best self. Aminatou and Ann's story is as universal as it is revolutionary. - Hillary Rodham Clinton
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Love can be passionate-transformative, painful, enlivening, bone-deep-without being erotic. In this openhearted book, Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman show us how a friendship can be as rewarding and enduring as a marriage, and they urge us to value it accordingly-as they clearly do. These women we love to listen to give us the gift of a look inside their intimacy, with all its challenges, and it is an inspiration. - Ariel Levy, author of The Rules Do Not Apply
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Big Friendship could well be the feel-good, non-fiction book of 2020. From the hosts of hit podcast Call Your Girlfriend, Big Friendship examines how to nurture friendships for the long haul - close friends are the key to happiness, after all. The authors tell the story of their own decade-long friendship, the joys and the pitfalls, and it's a clear reminder of how important friendship is - and will make you want to call you pals after for a chat - Evening Standard
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