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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 theyre 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 Goulds 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 cant 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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Emily Gould is an author, journalist and the co-founder of a feminist publishing startup, Emily Books. She has written extensively for publications including the New York Times, London Review of Books, Guardian, The Economist, Slate and Jezebel, and since 2005 has run a popular blog at emilymagazine.com. She is the author of a collection of essays, And the Heart Says Whatever, and Friendship is her debut novel.
