Synopses & Reviews
Pulitzer prize-winning columnist Ellen Goodman and novelist-journalist Patricia O'Brien provide a thoughtful, deeply personal look at the enduring bonds of friendship between women. Friends for twenty-seven years, they have served as confessors and advisers to each other during romantic, career, and child-raising crises, and have shopped together, laughed together, and enjoyed a bond unlike any other. andlt;BRandgt; Drawing on interviews with numerous women, the authors take readers into the heart of "the place where women do the work of their lives, the growing, the understanding, the reflection," and illuminate both the fragility and strength of relationships that are irreplaceable lifelines. andlt;BRandgt; andlt;Iandgt;I KNOW JUST WHAT YOU MEANandlt;/Iandgt; WILL STRIKE A CHORDandlt;BRandgt; WITH WOMEN OF ALL AGES.
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Caryl Rivers andlt;Iandgt;Boston Sunday Globeandlt;/Iandgt; When historians ask what it was like for women and their friends in a time when it often seemed that everything was changing, this will be a book that provides the texture of life, as real people lived it.
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Caryl Rivers
Boston Sunday Globe
When historians ask what it was like for women and their friends in a time when it often seemed that everything was changing, this will be a book that provides the texture of life, as real people lived it.
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Cokie Roberts ABC News, National Public Radio, author of andlt;Iandgt;We Are Our Mothers' Daughtersandlt;/Iandgt; Patricia O'Brien and Ellen Goodman here celebrate with warmth and humor their own decades-long friendship.
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Doris Kearns Goodwin author of andlt;Iandgt;Wait Till Next Yearandlt;/Iandgt; Never before has the centrality of friendship in women's lives been captured as fully as in this fabulous book. With a perfect blend of biography and anecdote, O'Brien and Goodman have written a rousing good story, complete with humor, insight, and wisdom.
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Judy Blume author of andlt;Iandgt;Summer Sistersandlt;/Iandgt; A fresh, warm, and honest look at best friends and how important a role they play in the lives of women of all ages.
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Kay Redfield Jamison andlt;Iandgt;The New York Timesandlt;/Iandgt; A terrific book that vividly captures the essence, delight, and occasional perils of women's friendships.
About the Author
Ellen Goodman's syndicated column appears in more than four hundred newspapers. The author of several books, including Turning Points and Close to Home, she lives in Boston. Patricia O'Brien is the author of the critically acclaimed novel The Glory Cloak and co-author of I Know Just What You Mean, a New York Times bestseller. She lives in Washington, D.C.
Table of Contents
andlt;Bandgt;Contentsandlt;/Bandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;Iandgt;What I Know About My Friend Patandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;What I Know About My Friend Ellenandlt;/Iandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;Bandgt;Introductionandlt;/Bandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;1 and#149; Beginningsandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;2 and#149; We Talk, Therefore We Are...Friendsandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;3 and#149; Why Are Men's Friendships So Different?andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;4 and#149; Taking Chancesandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;5 and#149; Playtimeandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;6 and#149; What's a Little Competition Between Friends?andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;7 and#149; Are We Traveling in Different Directions?andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;8 and#149; The Bad Stuffandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;9 and#149; We're in It Togetherandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;10 and#149; Testing the Limitsandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;11 and#149; The Wider Circle: Friends and Familyandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;12 and#149; The Long Runandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Epilogueandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;Iandgt;Acknowledgmentsandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Bibliographyandlt;/Iandgt;