Category: Friendship

By Elizabeth Hay

ISBN-10: 1551994348

ISBN-13: 9781551994345

Those twenty beautifully crafted associated tales navigate the tricky realm of friendship, charting its beginnings and ends, its intimacies and betrayals, its joys and humiliations. A mom learns anything of the character of affection from gazing her younger daughter as she falls out and in of favour with a neighbourhood woman. An elaborate tale of 2 ladies unearths a friendship held jointly through the steely bonds of passivity. an opportunity sighting in a library activates a girl to remember the 'unconsummated courtship' she was once drawn into via a male colleague. With trenchant perception, unusual honesty, and darkish humour, Elizabeth Hay probes the precarious bonds that exist among pals. the result's an emotionally uncooked and provocative selection of tales that might resonate with readers lengthy after the ultimate page.From the exchange Paperback edition.

By Gertrude Chandler Warner

ISBN-10: 1480486809

ISBN-13: 9781480486805

Benny likes Saturdays simply because he doesn't need to visit university. yet one Saturday every little thing turns out to move unsuitable. Benny can't purchase the poster he wishes, after which he runs into Mrs. Sanchez outdoors the grocery store. Oh, no—you're no longer speculated to see your instructor on a Saturday! yet a trip to the recent snack store may perhaps switch every thing. Will Benny's Saturday be a great day in spite of everything?

By Rosie Schaap

ISBN-10: 1101603127

ISBN-13: 9781101603123

A vibrant, humorous, and poignant memoir that celebrates the designated trap of the camaraderie and neighborhood one unearths ingesting in bars.

Rosie Schaap has continually enjoyed bars: the wooden and brass and jukeboxes, the understanding bartenders, and particularly the occasionally extraordinary yet continuously comforting corporation of regulars. beginning along with her misspent adolescence within the bar vehicle of a local railroad, the place at fifteen she informed commuters' fortunes in trade for beer, and carrying on with this present day as she slings cocktails at a local joint in Brooklyn, Schaap has discovered her approach round either side of a bar and are available to achieve how strong the fellowship between average buyers can be.

In Drinking with Men, Schaap stocks her never-ending quest for the right neighborhood hang-out, which takes her from a dive outdoors l. a. to a Dublin pub packed with poets, and from small-town New England taverns to a character-filled bar in Manhattan's TriBeCa. ingesting along artists and expats, ironworkers and football lovers, she unearths those areas provide a secure haven, a respite, and a spot to consider so much like herself. In wealthy, colourful prose, Schaap brings to lifestyles those seedy, hot, and beautiful rooms. ingesting with males is a love letter to the bars, pubs, and taverns which were Schaap’s shelter, and a party of the uniquely civilizing resource of group that's bar tradition at its most sensible.

By Laura Kasischke

ISBN-10: 0061909505

ISBN-13: 9780061909504

In a while, Terri will inform everybody that, from the start, she knew whatever negative was once going to ensue on spring break.

Something undesirable was once going to happen.

She knew.

It was once imagined to be the correct holiday: sizzling men, impeccable tans, and no mom and dad. yet for 2 highschool seniors, an blameless automobile trip will force them into the guts in their worst nightmare.

Feathered is a provocative and eerie story that flies readers from secure, predictable suburbia to the sun-kissed shorelines of Cancún, Mexico, and into mysterious Mayan ruins, the place historical myths flirt dangerously with current realities.

By Gertrude Chandler Warner

ISBN-10: 0807506370

ISBN-13: 9780807506370

One morning Benny comes to a decision that he desires to be in enterprise, similar to Grandfather Alden. Benny likes to devour, so he thinks that he'll like promoting nutrients. He will get correct to work—baking peanut butter cookies. yet quickly whatever lousy happens—Watch eats all the batter! After that, Benny's problems in basic terms worsen. Benny attempts many times. He is familiar with that if he doesn't hand over, he'll locate the appropriate enterprise to enter.

By Gertrude Chandler Warner

ISBN-10: 1480486752

ISBN-13: 9781480486751

Benny Alden has just one greenback to spend on Grandfather's birthday current. yet every thing he unearths both expenses an excessive amount of or isn't really a lot enjoyable. Then Benny, his pal Michael, and his puppy, Watch, listen Grandfather speaking to the baker, and abruptly Benny has an idea that's splendid!

By Alan Loy McGinnis

ISBN-10: 0806635711

ISBN-13: 9780806635712

On the middle of every dating, says McGinnis, is the friendship factor-the crucial element of heat and being concerned. With fascinating case histories and anecdotes approximately such recognized humans as George Burns, Howard Hughes, and C. S. Lewis, McGinnis stocks the key of ways to like and be enjoyed. the 1st variation of The Friendship issue, released in 1979, has bought greater than 350,000 copies.

By Rachel Bertsche

Whilst Rachel Bertsche first strikes to Chicago, she’s extremely joyful to eventually percentage a zipper code along with her boyfriend. yet presently upon getting married, she realizes that her new existence is lacking something: associates. definite, she has lots of BFFs—in ny and San Francisco and Boston and Washington, D.C. nonetheless, in her followed place of birth, there’s nobody to name on the final minute for lady speak over brunch or a reality-TV marathon over a bottle of wine. Taking concerns into her personal arms, Bertsche develops a plan: assembly humans in every single place from improv category to pal condominium web content, she'll pass on fifty-two friend-dates, one every week for a yr, in hopes of assembly her new ally perpetually.

By Pat Murphy

ISBN-10: 1101042761

ISBN-13: 9781101042762

It?s 1972. Twelve-year-old Joan is certain that she's going to be depressing while her family members strikes. Then she meets a most unique lady. Sarah prefers to be known as ?Fox,? and lives along with her writer dad in a rundown condo in the midst of the woods. the 2 ladies begin writing their very own tales jointly, and while one wins first position in a pupil contest, they locate themselves recruited for a summer season writing classification taught through the both strange Verla Volante. The Wild ladies brilliantly explores friendship, the facility of tale, and the way coming of age ability discovering your individual solutions.

By Alan D. Wolfelt PhD

ISBN-10: 1879651262

ISBN-13: 9781879651265