I Know Just What You Mean

Description for I KNOW JUST WHAT YOU MEAN: THE POWER OF FRIENDSHIP IN WOMEN'S LIVES by Ellen Goodman and Patricia O'Brien: "Friendship "matters" to women; it matters a lot; women today -- with lives often in transition -- depend on friends more than ever. Many who once believed marriage was "the" center of life...now know that friends may be the difference between a lonely life and a lively one." In "I Know Just What You Mean," Pulitzer prize-winning columnist Ellen Goodman and novelist/journalist Patricia O'Brien provide a thoughtful, deeply personal look at the enduring bonds of friendship between women. Friends for over a quarter of a century, they bring to their book the unique mix of insight and humor that only such a long and rich relationship can produce. ""You might say we've been writing this book for twenty-six years. Maybe it's the logical outcome for two writing friends. It amazes us now to look back and see what we've been building: the story of our friendship is t