The Friendship Cure, Kate Leaver
The Friendship Cure, Kate Leaver
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The Friendship Cure
Reconnecting in the Modern World

Author: Kate Leaver

Narrator: Candice Moll

Unabridged: 9 hr 25 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/25/2018


Synopsis

The compelling, fresh, and thought-provoking exploration of friendship―what it is, how to keep it, and why we need it more than ever beforeOur best friends, Twitter followers, gal-pals, bromances, Facebook friends, and long distance buddies define us in ways we rarely openly acknowledge. But as a society, we are simultaneously terrified of being alone and already desperately lonely. We move through life in packs and friendship circles and yet, in the most interconnected age, we are stuck in the greatest loneliness epidemic of our time. It's killing us, making us miserable and causing a public health crisis. Increasingly, we don’t just die alone; we die because we are alone. What if meaningful friendships are the solution?Journalist Kate Leaver believes that friendship is the essential cure for the modern malaise of solitude, ill health, and anxiety and that, if we only treated camaraderie as a social priority, it could affect everything from our physical health and emotional well being. Her much-anticipated manifesto, The Friendship Cure, looks at what friendship means, how it can survive, why we need it, and what we can do to get the most from it. Why do some friendships last a lifetime, while others are only temporary? How do you “break up” with a toxic friend? How do you make friends as an adult? Can men and women really be platonic? What are the curative qualities of friendship, and how we can deploy friendship to actually live longer, better lives?From behavioral scientists to besties, Kate draws upon the extraordinary research from academics, scientists, and psychotherapists, and stories from friends of friends, strangers from the Internet, and her “squad” to get to the bottom of these and other facets of friendship. For readers of Susan Cain’s Quiet and Elizabeth Gilbert’s Big Magic, The Friendship Cure is a fascinating blend of accessible “smart thinking,” investigative journalism, pop culture, and memoir for anyone trying to navigate this lonely world, written with the wit, charm, and bite of a fresh voice.

About Kate Leaver

Kate Leaver is an author and journalist for The Guardian, The Telegraph, Vogue and Future Women, among others. She lives between Sydney and London with her boyfriend, Jono, and their dog, Bertie. Her first book,The Friendship Cure, was published in 2018.  You can find her on Twitter and Instagram @kateileaver.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Eleni on October 08, 2018

I am so ANNOYED with this book.......more

Goodreads review by Kate on May 06, 2018

While there were some good and convincing points, it woud have been better if there was more research based input.......more

Goodreads review by Pauline B (Dancing Lawn) on July 09, 2021

2,5 - 3 stars Some very eye-opening parts, but my reading experience was somewhat tainted by several very cis-heteronormative narratives, genderstereotypical oversimplifications and "casual" tone. I still appreciated (and agree with) the general thesis of the book, i.e. the problematic hierachisation......more

Goodreads review by Rebecca on January 20, 2019

This is one of the most wholesome, hopeful and startlingly real non-fiction books I’ve read in a long time. It’s written beautifully with balanced realism and humour. More so, it feels like a in-depth conversation with a close friend. Truly lovely.......more

Goodreads review by Holly on July 08, 2022

2 stars I knew this book wasn't for me when it said people usually have 150 friends......more