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Friendship
Friendship: A Novel | Emily Gould
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A novel about two friends learning the difference between getting older and growing upBev Tunney and Amy Schein have been best friends for years; now, at thirty, they're at a crossroads. Bev is a Midwestern striver still mourning a years-old romantic catastrophe. Amy is an East Coast princess whose luck and charm have too long allowed her to cruise through life. Bev is stuck in circumstances that would have barely passed for bohemian in her mid-twenties: temping, living with roommates, drowning in student-loan debt. Amy is still riding the tailwinds of her early success, but her habit of burning bridges is finally catching up to her. And now Bev is pregnant.As Bev and Amy are dragged, kicking and screaming, into real adulthood, they have to face the possibility that growing up might mean growing apart.Friendship, Emily Gould's debut novel, traces the evolution of a friendship with humor and wry sympathy. Gould examines the relationship between two women who want to help each other but sometimes can't help themselves; who want to make good decisions but sometimes fall prey to their own worst impulses; whose generous intentions are sometimes overwhelmed by petty concerns.This is a novel about the way we speak and live today; about the ways we disappoint and betray one another. At once a meditation on the modern meaning of maturity and a timeless portrait of the underexamined bond that exists between friends, this exacting and truthful novel is a revelation.
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LitsyEvents
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repost for @TheBookHippie:

#HOLIDAYFRIENDS ♥️

Reminder to use this Christmas Day to reach out! I‘ll be posting all day as well as others, including our lockdown leader @Andrew65 and @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks of #litsylove and many others -just use the hashtag and we‘ll all find one another! Please reach out. Holidays can be really brutal, and lonely. Let‘s be together! ♥️

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Thanks for sharing ❤️💚 1y
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CarolynM
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A story about female friendship and the challenges of moving beyond young adulthood into full-blown adult life. An enjoyable read.
#Doublespin @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 2y
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CarolynM
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"The temp agency's application was only four pages long, but somehow Bev hadn't managed to fill it out."

As promised @Lizpixie ?

#FirstLineFridays @ShyBookOwl

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Kshakal
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Spent the day with my sorority little sister... we don‘t get to see each other often but we always have a good time when we do! #friends #selfimprovementsept @OriginalCyn620 @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

OriginalCyn620 Aww! I still love my sorority big sister! She lives in a different state now so I don‘t actually get to see her as much as I‘d like. ☹️ 5y
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jenreads7
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#LitsyLove

1. Reading and crocheting. I also enjoy watching movies and TV shows with my kids.
2. Mystery, thriller, other genres that might have a surprise ending!
3. Not anymore. I would love to have a cat again someday.
4. It is now! Unfortunately, I‘m limited to ebooks almost exclusively because we don‘t have room for books in our current space. 😢
5. Books! 📚📚📚📚📚📚😂
6. 🌹

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 💗📚💗📚 5y
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Purrfectpages
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ValerieAndBooks
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I should have worn my “readers gonna read” shirt at yesterday‘s amazing #phillymeetup2, because it‘d have matched with the awesome exchange gift I received 😄! Whoever put this cup and goodies together, thank you. Borrowed group picture from @Dana1084 . Great seeing some of you again and meeting the rest of you 💖. Missed those who couldn‘t make it. Thanks @MicheleinPhilly and @Cinfhen for making this #litsymeetup happen! Posting Book haul next.

Suet624 That‘s fantastic! So many of you! 6y
scripturient So awesome!! 😍 6y
BookBabe ❤️❤️❤️ It was so wonderful seeing you again! 6y
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AmyG Looks like a wonderful time!!! 6y
tammysue Happy y‘all had a fabulous time!! ☺️💖 6y
Cinfhen Love seeing all the BIG SMILES 6y
tpixie Great turn out!!!!! 6y
ValerieAndBooks @Suet624 yes, lots! I wonder if we broke a #litsymeetup record 😅! It was fun! 6y
ValerieAndBooks @scripturient it really was awesome ! 😊 6y
ValerieAndBooks @BookBabe absolutely was great seeing you again! Wish there was more time to hang out with you guys!! 6y
ValerieAndBooks @AmyG it was a great time👍 😊! 6y
ValerieAndBooks @whatshesreadingnow thanks! Yes, very fabulous! 6y
ValerieAndBooks @Cinfhen those big smiles were because this is an amazing group 😃! 6y
ValerieAndBooks @tpixie it was! Come out here for the next one 😊!! 6y
tpixie !!!! 6y
LeahBergen I‘m jealous! 😩 6y
kspenmoll Sounds fabulous! So happy you can all meet! 6y
LauraJ @LeahBergen We need to move to Philly! 6y
Cathythoughts Fabulous pics 6y
ValerieAndBooks @LeahBergen @LauraJ or just move within driving distance 😊! Littens came from Maryland, Delaware, Connecticut, New Jersey— not just from Philly and/or Pennsylvania 😊 6y
ValerieAndBooks @Cathythoughts it was a great time 😊! 6y
ValerieAndBooks @kspenmoll it definitely was fabulous! Looking forward to the next one 😊 6y
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Purrfectpages
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I‘d like to get to know my Litten friends better. Anyone want to connect on Facebook?? You can find me if you choose or just comment below. I‘m Janet Branagan Bloss.

TheFunkyBookworm Sure! You can find me under Kat Murphy Pettit- same profile pic as on here 😊 6y
ABrakes85 I‘m Aimee Brakes on Facebook 😊 6y
AndreaReads I‘ll look for you! I‘m Andrea Kemper on Facebook 6y
Shadowfat I'm Molly Goedken on Facebook 😀 6y
emmaturi I am on FB as Emma Turi 6y
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Purrfectpages
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BookishFeminist
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Had such a wonderful time at #BRLive this weekend! I am finally sitting down today. 😳 It's been a long one. To cap off the night, several of us went to get BBQ for dinner. From left to right: Stephanie (she's signing up for Litsy asap!), @sparklemotion, @Merethebookgal, me, @kmdartist, & @ScientistSam.

I loved meeting so many of you this weekend! Thanks for finding me to say hi! 😀I hope everyone has safe, book-friendly travels home. 💓#IRLitsy

Seonjoon It was great to meet you too! 7y
JSW **Promptly follows all of these folx** 7y
BookishFeminist @Seonjoon Likewise! 😂 I seriously just commented the same thing on your post. So glad to see you back on Litsy! 7y
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BookishFeminist @JSW Do it! They're wonderful. 😀 7y
Merethebookgal Yay! It was such a fun time! (And #IRLitsy is an awesome hashtag!) 7y
BookishFeminist @Merethebookgal Yes it was! I hope the rest of your bus ride is drama free so far. And yes let's use it! I was typing out IRLLITSY and it looked weird 😂 7y
Jokila Safe travels, everybody! It was great meeting up #IRLitsy ! 7y
BookishFeminist @Jokila Agreed! It was great to meet you! 😀 7y
MrBook 😁👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 #LitsyPhotoOp Spectacular! Look at all of you awesome Litsyans! @BookBabe & I were so close to you all today! Middle of Midtown. *sighs* 7y
gossamerchild Looks like so much fun! 7y
AAdamson It's not fair!!! I live in north-central Washington state and can't go to BR Live! 😭😭😭 7y
LeahBergen This is SO great!! 💗💗💗 7y
Cinfhen Glad you all had a great weekend😊 7y
Donna_sBookMinute Glad you guys had a good time and were able to meet. Sounds like a great weekend. Do they change venues or is it always in the same location? 7y
melbeautyandbooks Love this! 7y
Chessa ❤️❤️❤️ 7y
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Megabooks
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So I'm posting some bookish updates! All the boxes are unpacked. Now the mammoth task of organizing everything. 👍🏻

So I have my first narrator whose voice I dislike. I tried listening to Every Last Word on Hoopla and thought it was the quality, but then, hearing her voice narrating Friendship, I realized there was a lilt I didn't like. I will be reading these as ebooks or paper copies!

BookishFeminist Annoying narrators are the worst! They really make or break a book. 7y
Megabooks @BookishFeminist So true!! At least I know I don't like this one. 7y
BittersweetBooks I really enjoyed Friendship (reading format)!! Hope you like it more than the audio version. 7y
Megabooks I've started it, and I'm enjoying it so far! @BittersweetBooks 😃😃😃 7y
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StellaDz
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A lovely long weekend with a friend I haven't seen in years. And she brought me all these book pins! Love them all!! #friendship

britt_brooke How sweet! They are awesome. 👍🏻 8y
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katedensen
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I'm having a low-key weekend at my parents' house in the suburbs and have no plans other than reading, watching television, and maybe doing laundry. Oh, and spending time on various forms of social media. Here are a few other ways to find me on the Internet--I'd be delighted to be friends with any of you and chat on other platforms!

Dragon Laundry , the never ending chore, is on my weekend to do list too 8y
katedensen @Dragon It's the worst. 👚👗🛁😡 8y
Dragon Yup too true 😩 8y
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