A close friendship is one of the most influential and important relationships a human life can contain. Anyone will tell you that! But for all the rosy sentiments surrounding friendship most people dont talk much about what it really takes to stay close for the long haul.Now two friends Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman tell the story of their equally messy and life-affirmA close friendship is one of the most influential and important relationships a human life can contain. Anyone will tell you that! But for all the rosy sentiments surrounding friendship most people dont talk much about what it really takes to stay close for the long haul.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 anothers lives. As the hosts of the hit podcast Call Your Girlfriend theyve become known for frank and intimate conversations. In this book they bring that energy to their own friendship???its joys and its pitfalls. An inspiring and entertaining testament to the power of societys most underappreciated relationship Big Friendship will invite you to think about how your own bonds are formed challenged and preserved. It is a call to value your friendships in all of their complexity. Actively choose them. And sometimes fight for them.(less)