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"Text me when you get home." After joyful nights out together, female friends say this to one another as a way of cementing their love. It's about safety; but more than that, it's about solidarity. A personal and sociological examination--and ultimately a celebration--of the evolution of female friendship in pop culture and modern society.
Author
Publisher
Lake Union Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
365 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Phoebe and Suze used to be closer than sisters. Growing up in a quiet and wildly beautiful coastal town in Oregon, they shared everything. Until the secrets they couldn't share threatened their bond and complicated their lives. Now, decades later, Suze, a famous actress desperate for safe haven following a brutal attack, is back in town. Phoebe, a successful illustrator and fabric designer, has discovered keeping a secret means she can't let anyone...
Author
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers, Inc
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
xiv, 221, 6 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Examines "the special bond that exists between friends and [celebrates] all the extraordinary people God had the good sense to bring into our lives at exactly the right moments. From the friendships we develop over a lifetime to the ones that wounded us and the ones that taught us to love better, Melanie Shankle reveals the influence our friends have on who we were, who we are, and who we will become"--Amazon.com.
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books, an imprint of Random House
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition
Physical Desc
xviii, 276 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Through research into the unique way women talk to one another, this validating and illuminating analysis of female friendship will help women lean into the comfort these powerful relationships offer and avoid the hurt feelings that come from common miscommunications.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xiv, 274 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
A woman can always count on are her friends-right? But, what if those friendships are hurtful, harmful, even toxic? Susan Shapiro Barash explores the ten types of female friends and shows you why and how women get stuck with the worst kinds, the ways to get "unstuck, and how to recognize a true friend." For example:
• The Leader of the Pack-it's all on her terms
• The Doormat-and why you're the one paying the price
• The Misery Lover-she wants...
Author
Publisher
Avid Reader Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First Avid Reader Press hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
xii, 289 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Reflects on the author's lifelong struggles to sustain female friendship and how the return of an old friend helped her explore the reasons she has avoided attachment.
Author
Language
English
Description
The instant New York Times bestseller, now in paperback: a moving tribute to female friendships, with the inspiring story of eleven girls and the ten women they became, from the coauthor of the million-copy bestseller The Last Lecture
As children, they formed a special bond, growing up in the small town of Ames, Iowa. As young women, they moved to eighth different states, yet they managed to maintain an extraordinary friendship...
As children, they formed a special bond, growing up in the small town of Ames, Iowa. As young women, they moved to eighth different states, yet they managed to maintain an extraordinary friendship...
Author
Publisher
Melville House
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
278 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"A celebration of the revolutionary potential of women working with other women, and a powerful statement about myths like the "cool girl" or the "catty workplace". Covens. Girl Bands. Ballet troupes. Convents. In all times and places, girls and women have come together in communities of vocation, of necessity, of support. In Witches, Sam George-Allen explores how wherever women gather, magic happens. Female farmers change the way we grow our food....
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c2010
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
viii, 398 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A meditation on the dynamics of female friendship describes the author's life-defining relationship with Martha Stewart, relating the common experiences that bonded them and the factors that resulted in their estrangement.
Author
Publisher
Sunflower Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
x, 152 pages : portraits ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Are you caring for your chronically ill husband? Did you grow up with suicidal, alcoholic parents? Are you searching for a loving relationship? Have your efforts at starting a fulfilling career been thwarted by someone determined to hold you back? Maybe you've postponed your own dreams in order to keep from making waves with a significant other. Does your life seem to be heading a long way from where you'd wish it to be? Any of these can steal your...
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