Writer and journalist Elizabeth Day unpacks the significance and evolution of friendship from ghosting to frenemies, from the effects of social media to the impact of the global pandemic. Blending personal experience from a lonely adolescence and an over-friended adulthood with the unique and powerful insights of others across the globe, Elizabeth searches for a language that can express friendship’s crucial influence on our world, and opens up on how we can each become a better friend not only to others, but also to ourselves.
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‘Reading Elizabeth Day feels like listening to a friend. And reading her on this strangely neglected theme is a revelation. Friendships can mean as much, sometimes even more than family, and finally we have a book that treats the subject with the seriousness it deserves. And Day is the best possible guide: funny, moving, helpful and true, Friendaholic deserves a massive audience.’ Sathnam Sanghera
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