Friendaholic, Elizabeth Day
‘Do all friendships serve us the way that we would hope? Are all friendships equal? Do we always get out what we put in?’
Have you ever felt that there wasn’t enough written about the importance of friendship or perhaps that there isn’t enough language and literature dedicated to relationships between friends, as opposed to those between lovers? Elizabeth Day has and is here to change that by way of a deep dive into the world of friendships.
Day considers herself to be a serial ‘friendaholic’ who has spent her life collecting and making friendships at every turn. In this book, Day goes right back to her childhood and recounts some painful experiences of her schooling, at a time when she felt as though she had no friends. This really set the course for her life as she decided that, from then on, she would be the best kind of friend she could be. Day examines this compulsion and need to please people, taking a deeper look at the types of friends we have and how each operates within our lives; do all friendships serve us the way that we would hope? Are all friendships equal? Do we always get out what we put in?
This is certainly a thought-provoking read and, throughout, I found that I was thinking back to various friendships that I’ve had in my own life and looking at them in a way I hadn’t before. I think many of us will relate to the issues raised by Day, and I’m sure it will cause many readers to revaluate the value of their own friendships and of themselves as a friend.
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