It is so rewarding and wonderful to make things with people who you love.
I have been thinking about it a lot, as we bring this book into the world today. Why do you think you wanted to do it together? And do you think more people should try to create or work with their friends?ĪF: “Ugh this question is making me emotional. P: I have no doubt that either of you could have had a successful podcast, business and book on your own. We had the opportunity to ask Aminatou and Ann questions and I asked about why they had chosen to write this book together: J and I joined the online UK book launch for Big Friendship at Ada’s List.
They highlight the lack of research that has been done into friendships, and using their own friendship as a reference point they explore the vast complexities and joys of friendship, and we can hold each other close for the long haul. The work that Aminatoua and Ann have done in writing Big Friendship is so important. And yet, films, music, books still look to centre romantic relationships. Some of the most wonderful, painful, fun and comforting times in our lives are found in our friendships. And, sometimes, fight for them.We don’t talk about friendship enough. It is a call to value your friendships in all of their complexity. And that the most important part of a Big Friendship is making the decision to invest in one another again and again.Īn 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. Through interviews with friends and experts, they have come to understand that their struggles are not unique. 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. And they should know: the two have had moments of charmed bliss and deep frustration, of profound connection and gut-wrenching alienation. In this book, they bring that energy to their own friendship - its joys and its pitfalls.Īminatou and Ann define Big Friendship as a strong, significant bond that transcends life phases, geographical locations, and emotional shifts. As the hosts of the hit podcast Call Your Girlfriend, they’ve become known for frank and intimate conversations. 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. 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. A close friendship is one of the most influential and important relationships a human life can contain.
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