There’s plenty of literature around how to make romantic relationships work. AND if you still end up breaking up, people understand and will give you space, wine, pasta or chocolate. You might even get some days off from work. But there’s not much on how to keep friendships alive or discussion on why we feel ashamed when friendships die. Big Friendship [2020] is part memoir, part sociology, part self help. How do we save important friendships? Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman reflect on their own Big Friendship - the natural connection, the unsaid bond, then unsaid frustration, and the will to make it work. Why do we accept that friends “grow apart” and move on? How can we be better friends for each other?
READ and then give to a friend you love.