Close friendships correlate to better mental health and happier lives, meaning it’s well worth the effort of cultivating them, author Shasta Nelson argues. After successfully arranging the marriage of her governess, Emma Woodhouse sets out to expand on her matchmaking career.

Slams are friendship books that include a theme of questions, either "Sign if you did/like the following", "What is your favorite" or other similar questions. Author Caryl says: “I am in love with the design of this book, the colour scheme, backgrounds and illustrative details are really, really clever and Tony Neal has done a great job of capturing the personalities of these loveable characters.Sula is a tale of two eternal friends- Sula and Nel and the dynamics of their relationship from childhood to death. This will help them to weave more favourable character traits into their own personalities, so that they can become good friends, too! Your illness causes you to get behind on your schoolwork, and since your paper is due in a couple of days, you’ll need to ask for an extension from your professor. You can use other types of thick thread if you want to, such as baker's twine, embroidery floss, or thin yarn.

This practical, compassionate guide encourages readers to focus on their friendships as a balm to life’s problems with actionable prompts, ideas, and rituals to create a fulfilling social life.This is one of the best books about friendship that explores the evolution of modern female friendships. If you are using double-sided scrapbooking paper, make sure that the side you want for the cover is on the outside. On a bitterly cold day, Sam Masur runs into Sadie Green on a train platform and they renew their childhood friendship bonding over video games. While focused broadly on a variety of life situations, including work and relationships, this book still provides helpful advice on communicating with others and opening up to the circumstances that invite friendship.

Poppy and Alex have been best friends forever even though she’s a wild child full of wanderlust and he’s an introverted bookworm. Set in a Portuguese community in Massachusetts, young Hallie Costa forms a lifelong bond with Gus Silva after the murder of his mother. While the novel pores over the nuances of different kinds of bonds from maternal to romantic, it also centres on friendship, examining how and why it develops and falters. She’s forced to confront the memories of her once best friend-turned-tormentor, Cordelia, who’s impacted her life for forty years.This week as part of the Summer Readathon 2012 with MeMeTales and PBS the theme is Friendship – there are 3 books this week that you can read for free – Stick Figgy Makes a Friend, Stick Figgy Lott’s Tea Party and Arthur. Discomfort helps us to learn, to decipher what we value, what we want, and what we would like to avoid. This beloved children’s classic follows the friendship of a spider named Charlotte and a pig named Wilbur. As she gets to know her employers – Whitney the up-and-coming social media influencer, Amara the new stay-at-home mom, and Gwen the old-money experienced mom – Claire learns these picture-perfect moms are far from perfect and loves them more for it.