The Journey of Two (blog) – Review of Best Friends Forever
July 30, 2012
It’s always nice to be surprised when a Google Alert turns up a lovely review of your book. Here is a small part of that review:
On the topic of reading, I recently finished a non-fiction book about friendships. I know, where did that come from? Someone posted an article about the challenges of making friends as an adult in an online community that I frequent. After reading the article, I looked up one of the books that was cited to see if I might like to read the book, and of course Amazon suggested similar reading and my interest spiraled from there. As someone who moves every few years, I definitely have encountered challenges making friends, felt awkward about how to make friends, and experienced self-doubt about friendships that have waxed or waned with separation or distance. I’d never thought to read anything on the topic before but suddenly I was very interested in what others had to say.
My first choice, Best Friends Forever: Surviving a Breakup with Your Best Friend. I know. Sounds a little harsh. But the title is a little deceiving. It’s not entirely about breaking up best friendships, but it is about deconstructing the concept of “Best Friends Forever” – which I personally think is a concept that as adults we should allow ourselves to set aside…
Here is the rest of Jessica’s review of Best Friends Forever: Surviving a Breakup with Your Best Friend.
Category: IN THE MEDIA
Thanks for the mention! 🙂 Your link actually goes to my About Me page. Here’s the link to the review. Cheers!
http://thejourneyoftwo.wordpress.com/2012/07/30/reading-corner-best-friends-forever/
Hi Jessica,
I corrected the link. Thanks so much! Best, Irene