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I Know Just What You Mean: The Power of Friendship in Women's Lives 
Patricia O'Brien and Ellen Goodman are long time friends and co-authors of the New York Times Bestseller, I Know Just What You Mean: The Power of Friendship in Women's Lives. This uplifting and entertaining presentation focuses on the importance of friends in women's lives and how friends provide comfort and courage in a way uniquely different from family. Ellen and Pat focus especially on how friendship affects health, weaving in recent studies showing how friends are the great stress-relievers and maybe even the key to longevity.Given that most women lead frantic lives these days, friendship can be crucial to success and to overall well being. And yet it remains undervalued in a society that still decrees that "grown-ups" should be standing on their own two feet, taking care of themselves, rather than each other. 
O'Brien and Goodman share a rich lode of stories from their many talks with women friends, offering answers to some of the most crucial questions: How do we find time for our friends? And how do friends help each other through all the transitions of life, from school to marriage, motherhood, work, and the travails of growing old?In a warm and unique duet laced with humor, Goodman and O'Brien vividly demonstrate the bonds and pleasures of friendship. |
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