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She Matters: A Life In Friendships (2013)

by Susanna Sonnenberg(Favorite Author)

3.03 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1439190585 (ISBN13: 9781439190586)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Scribner

review 1: I finished this book so I could discuss it with my book group pals. It did prompt a good discussion and caused me to think about past friendships in my life that have ended. The author did draw me in with her writing, but it was hard to read about so many failed friendships. It seems like she was an exhausting and needy person to be friends with. It would be interesting to hear her friends' side to the stories she tells.
review 2: i wanted this book to be better. but it is just wanting. the author doesn't so much evaluate women's friendship as dissect her own thoughts & actions towards her friends in a egocentric / what they did or should have done for me way. to her credit she at times notes this failing of her own ability to connect, but more often than not ... moreshe sounds simply whiny & unwilling to reflect on what it really means to be in a friendship. i myself have struggled w. having female friends for many years, still do sometimes, but those i have mean the world to me. even those that i have lost touch with through the passage of time & place. i was left feeling that this book spoke more to her thoughts about motherhood, her father's death, & her short attention span for other people's needs than anything else. i did feel some attachment in some chapters - in particular 'orphan girl' & 'real estate' & parts of 'as we both know' - but i wanted this book to be something i would share w. my female friends, & i think if i did they wouldn't know what i was trying to say! if you enjoy this type of inward memoir & don't mind that it uses female friendship as the device to move you through it i would recommend it but if are looking for a real meditation on female friendship, pass it by. less

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