{"product_id":"the-book-of-womens-friendship-rachel-cooke-9781324111139","title":"The Book of Women's Friendship","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs Marilynne Robinson writes in her 1980 novel \u003cem\u003eHousekeeping\u003c\/em\u003e, \"having a sister or friend is like sitting at night in a lighted house.\" Bringing together work by more than 100 writers, the \u003cem\u003eBook of Women's Friendship\u003c\/em\u003e explores the rich subject of friendship between women from every angle: its particular intensity and miraculous ease, its tendency to wax and wane, its role not only as a comfort and a privilege, but as vital to our health.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEditor Rachel Cooke excerpts novels, poems, diaries, letters, comics, and graphic novels about women's friendship, placing work from a diverse array of artists in conversation across time and place. From Jane Austen to Edith Wharton and Virginia Woolf, from Dolly Alderton to Sarah Waters, and from Zadie Smith to Meg Wolitzer, \u003cem\u003eThe Book of Women's Friendship\u003c\/em\u003e celebrates and investigates friendship between women from first encounters to final goodbyes, from falling out to making up again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rachel Cooke\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1324111135\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781324111139\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/18\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Rachel Cooke","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46838564716799,"sku":"9781324111139","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ae242352-f65d-4c20-a107-8bba020a4a8a.jpg?v=1746590218","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-book-of-womens-friendship-rachel-cooke-9781324111139","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}