Like truly our number one goal was we want - okay, not our number one goal. We have to say though, you know, that part of why the baby is so gorgeous is because it was designed by our pal Elizabeth Spiridakis Olson and it's gorgeous.Īnn: We love it. I'm like 'Look at her! Isn't she beautiful?' Īminatou: Right. So yeah, big week for us really, like showing people the cover of our book which feels like, you know, that first baby photo home from the hospital. Īnn: That is like an amazing way to announce that preorders are open for our book as of this week. And, sometimes, fight for them.Aminatou: Welcome to Call Your Girlfriend.Īnn: A podcast for long-distance besties truly everywhere.Īminatou: They are the authors of the book Big Friendship. It is a call to value your friendships in all of their complexity. An inspiring and entertaining testament to the power of society's most underappreciated relationship, Big Friendship will invite you to think about how your own bonds are formed, challenged, and preserved. And that the most important part of a Big Friendship is making the decision to invest in one another again and again. Through interviews with friends and experts, they have come to understand that their struggles are not unique. They have weathered life-threatening health scares, getting fired from their dream jobs, and one unfortunate Thanksgiving dinner eaten in a car in a parking lot in Rancho Cucamonga. And they should know: the two have had moments of charmed bliss and deep frustration, of profound connection and gut-wrenching alienation. Aminatou and Ann define Big Friendship as a strong, significant bond that transcends life phases, geographical locations, and emotional shifts. In this book, they bring that energy to their own friendship -its joys and its pitfalls. As the hosts of the hit podcast Call Your Girlfriend, they've become known for frank and intimate conversations.

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 another's lives.

Anyone will tell you that! But for all the rosy sentiments surrounding friendship, most people don't talk much about what it really takes to stay close for the long haul. A close friendship is one of the most influential and important relationships a human life can contain.

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