big friendship by aminatou sow and ann friedman

I do agree with Aminatou and Ann that communication styles and interpretations are different among people, and recognizing this is important in order to make any relationship work well.

No relationship (friendship or otherwise) is perfect but I did not connect with the trajectory and slow building tension of theirs. They discuss their backgrounds, their career challenges, boyfriends, moves, and more. I have not listened to Aminatou and Ann��s podcast Call Your Girlfriend and wasn’t familiar with them prior to reading this book.īig Friendship focuses on a series of aspects of Aminatou and Ann’s friendship, including why it wasn’t always perfect. I was curious about Big Friendship as soon as I heard about it - There are lots of nonfiction books about romantic and family relationships but far fewer focused on platonic friendship. It is a call to value your friendships in all of their complexity. In this book, they bring that energy to their own friendship-its joys and its pitfalls.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.

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.

Big friendship by aminatou sow and ann friedman