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# Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close

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A close friendship is one of the most influential and important relationships a human life can contain. Anyone will tell you that! But for all the rosy sentiments surrounding friendship, most people don’t talk much about what it really takes to stay close for the long haul. Now two friends, Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman, tell the story of their equally messy and life-affirming Big Friendship in this honest and hilarious book that chronicles their first decade in one another’s lives. As the hosts of the hit podcast Call Your Girlfriend , they’ve become known for frank and intimate conversations. In this book, they bring that energy to their own friendship—its joys and its pitfalls. Aminatou and Ann define Big Friendship as a strong, significant bond that transcends life phases, geographical locations, and emotional shifts. And they should know: the two have had moments of charmed bliss and deep frustration, of profound connection and gut-wrenching alienation. They have weathered life-threatening health scares, getting fired from their dream jobs, and one unfortunate Thanksgiving dinner eaten in a car in a parking lot in Rancho Cucamonga. Through interviews with friends and experts, they have come to understand that their struggles are not unique. And that the most important part of a Big Friendship is making the decision to invest in one another again and again. An inspiring and entertaining testament to the power of society’s most underappreciated relationship, Big Friendship will invite you to think about how your own bonds are formed, challenged, and preserved. It is a call to value your friendships in all of their complexity. Actively choose them. And, sometimes, fight for them.

Review: Great book, easy read! - I bought this book because, yes, I'm a fan of the Call Your Girlfriend podcast. I bought the book and then it sat on my shelf for a few months. I recently chose it for my book club to read. I went in and started reading some of the reviews, here on desertcart and then on Goodreads. For a second, I thought that maybe I had made a mistake after reading what some reviewers said. I am so glad I didn't let it stop me. The book was really great, and not just because I'm a fan of their podcast. It is well-written and thoughtful. It was obvious to me that some of the reviewers never finished the book because if they had, some of the things they didn't like or thought weren't resolved, were clearly dealt with by the end. I wasn't left feeling like I was missing information at all. The book is written as a memoir more than a social science read- so they do use their own Big Friendship as the foundation and then discuss different ideas they researched on the topic of friendship as it applies to their personal experience. If you're looking for a more scientific or research approach, this might not be what you're looking for. It is also not a political essay or anything like that. Yes, people like AOC and Ilhan Omar are mentioned, but in the context of Shine Theory. That's it. Yes, they most definitely hold progressive political views, but the book isn't about that. The conservative reader can read this and look at the topic at face value and be ok. If you're offended by the mere mention of anything liberal or progressive, then maybe you can't handle it??? I'm only bringing this up because I saw some pretty ugly comments in other reviews on the topic of their politics and I based on those I was expecting something different than what I found. At the end of the day, this book was so beautiful. I loved it. It made me think about myself in friendships in a new way. It made me think about the people I love and how I want to be there for them. How life has gotten in the way of some friendships and I wonder if we can bring them back in a new way that works better once you're older and have a family of your own. I highly recommend this book and I hope you decide to take a chance on it.
Review: Value Women Friends - I gave this book four stars because I believe that focusing on the importance of friendship as an essential piece of women’s lives and being as impacting as family or marriage is absolutely necessary to understand women. As a recently retired psychotherapist of 52 years, I am very aware of the psychological impact of female friendship and initiated a few sessions with female friend of female client a few times. There was surprise at suggestion, followed by gratitude after these experiences. Yes this book is very personal and yes the authors specific experiences aren’t universal but the energy and investment described is so important. Women are usually very relational beings and this book supports our need to value, understand, and find ways of supporting that…whether we are living in present digital age or understanding friendships even in pre computer days.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #390,877 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #207 in Friendship (Books) #1,376 in Women's Studies (Books) #4,525 in Sociology Reference |
| Customer Reviews | 4.3 out of 5 stars 1,253 Reviews |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great book, easy read!
*by E***E on December 17, 2020*

I bought this book because, yes, I'm a fan of the Call Your Girlfriend podcast. I bought the book and then it sat on my shelf for a few months. I recently chose it for my book club to read. I went in and started reading some of the reviews, here on Amazon and then on Goodreads. For a second, I thought that maybe I had made a mistake after reading what some reviewers said. I am so glad I didn't let it stop me. The book was really great, and not just because I'm a fan of their podcast. It is well-written and thoughtful. It was obvious to me that some of the reviewers never finished the book because if they had, some of the things they didn't like or thought weren't resolved, were clearly dealt with by the end. I wasn't left feeling like I was missing information at all. The book is written as a memoir more than a social science read- so they do use their own Big Friendship as the foundation and then discuss different ideas they researched on the topic of friendship as it applies to their personal experience. If you're looking for a more scientific or research approach, this might not be what you're looking for. It is also not a political essay or anything like that. Yes, people like AOC and Ilhan Omar are mentioned, but in the context of Shine Theory. That's it. Yes, they most definitely hold progressive political views, but the book isn't about that. The conservative reader can read this and look at the topic at face value and be ok. If you're offended by the mere mention of anything liberal or progressive, then maybe you can't handle it??? I'm only bringing this up because I saw some pretty ugly comments in other reviews on the topic of their politics and I based on those I was expecting something different than what I found. At the end of the day, this book was so beautiful. I loved it. It made me think about myself in friendships in a new way. It made me think about the people I love and how I want to be there for them. How life has gotten in the way of some friendships and I wonder if we can bring them back in a new way that works better once you're older and have a family of your own. I highly recommend this book and I hope you decide to take a chance on it.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Value Women Friends
*by B***Y on July 26, 2021*

I gave this book four stars because I believe that focusing on the importance of friendship as an essential piece of women’s lives and being as impacting as family or marriage is absolutely necessary to understand women. As a recently retired psychotherapist of 52 years, I am very aware of the psychological impact of female friendship and initiated a few sessions with female friend of female client a few times. There was surprise at suggestion, followed by gratitude after these experiences. Yes this book is very personal and yes the authors specific experiences aren’t universal but the energy and investment described is so important. Women are usually very relational beings and this book supports our need to value, understand, and find ways of supporting that…whether we are living in present digital age or understanding friendships even in pre computer days.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Raw, Relatable, Reassuring
*by M***. on November 3, 2023*

This is the kind of book you don't put down after picking up (because you simply cant!) This is the kind of book that compels you to underline, and screenshot, and dog-ear pages. This is the kind of book that makes you laugh, cry, and reflect. This is the kind of book that you lend to your best friend, because only *they* could understand it like you. This is the kind of book that you need to read.

## Frequently Bought Together

- Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close
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