Books About Friends (11/1/23)

These three books each take a different look at friendship–from how to cope with the loss of a close friend, to re-evaluating friendships versus romantic relationships, to how to find connection and love after losing a best friend.

GRIEF IS FOR PEOPLE BY SLOANE CROSLEY

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This is a deeply moving and surprisingly suspenseful portrait of friendship, a book about loss packed with verve for life. After the pain and confusion of losing her closest friend to suicide, Crosley looks for answers in friends, philosophy, and art, hoping for a framework more useful than the unavoidable stages of grief.

THE OTHER SIGNIFICANT OTHERS: REIMAGINING LIFE WITH FRIENDSHIPS AT THE CENTER BY RHAINA COHEN

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A powerful narrative on platonic partnerships and how the thrill, intimacy, and commitment we seek is often found through meaningful friendship. Cohen argues that we undermine romantic relationships by expecting too much of them, while we diminish friendships by expecting too little of them.

EVEN IF IT BREAKS YOUR HEART BY ERIN HAHN

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The only thing keeping nineteen-year-old Case Michaels together after the death of his best friend, Walker, is a list Walker left behind of things he wants Case to accomplish in his absence. Case is determined to follow it to the letter–and he follows it all the way to Winnie Sutton.

GRIEF IS FOR PEOPLE by Sloane Crosley; 9780374609849; 2/27/24
THE OTHER SIGNIFICANT OTHERS: Reimagining Life with Friendships at the Center by Rhaina Cohen; 9781250280916; 2/13/24
EVEN IF IT BREAKS YOUR HEART by Erin Hahn; 9781250761279; 2/6/24