Books for "we're not speaking, but she's still my best friend" people
Curated by @shelfthreads · 6 books
Books on complex, dynamic friendships.
- 1
My Brilliant Friend
Elena Ferrante
Content warningTwo girls grow up in a poor, violent neighbourhood of 1950s Naples, and each measures her whole life against the other.
- 2
Summer Sisters
Judy Blume
Content warningQuiet Vix is chosen by magnetic, reckless Caitlin and swept into summers on Martha's Vineyard that shape both their lives.
- 3
Before We Were Innocent
Ella Berman
Content warningThree best friends go to a Greek island for one last summer, and only two come home. Ten years later, one of them turns up asking for help, and the other has to decide what their friendship still owes.
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