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We should not be friends : the story of a friendship / Will Schwalbe.
"From the author of the best-selling and beloved The End of Your Life Book Club-a new book that tracks an improbable and life-changing college friendship over the course of forty years. Author Will Schwalbe describes his friendship with unlikely college-buddy Maxey through marriage, divorce, and career changes up until the present day, noting what makes their bond so special and enduring"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780525654933 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 313 pages ; 21 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2023.
Content descriptions
| Formatted Contents Note: | Bright college years -- Twenties and thirties -- Midlife -- Forties -- Fifties -- Middle fifties -- Pushing sixty -- Coda. |
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| Subject: | Schwalbe, Will > Friends and associates. Friendship > United States. Male friendship > United States. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cookstown Branch | 177.62 Sch | 31681010310787 | NONFIC | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
Tracing an extraordinary, life-changing college friendship over decades of challenge and change, this warm, funny and irresistible book follows the author as he, joining a little-known secret society at Yale, finds an unlikely friend in a physically imposing, loud, star wrestler determined to become a Navy SEAL. - Baker & Taylor
"From the author of the best-selling and beloved The End of Your Life Book Club--a new book that tracks an improbable and life-changing college friendship over the course of forty years. Author Will Schwalbe describes his friendship with unlikely college-buddy Maxey through marriage, divorce, and career changes up until the present day, noting what makes their bond so special and enduring"-- - Random House, Inc.
A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR â¢Â A warm, funny, irresistible memoir that follows an improbable and life-changing college friendship over the course of forty yearsâfrom the best-selling author of The End of Your Life Book Club ⢠âA rare view of male friendship.ââNPR
âMoving…salted with Schwalbeâs well-established literary intelligence and a palpable empathy.â âThe New York Times Book Review
By the time Will Schwalbe was a junior at college, he had already met everyone he cared to know: the theater people, writers, visual artists and comp lit majors, and various other quirky characters including the handful of students who shared his own major, Latin and Greek. He also knew exactly who he wanted to avoid: the jocks. The jocks wore baseball caps and moved in packs, filling boisterous tables in the dining hall, and on the whole seemed to be another species entirely, one Will might encounter only at his own peril.Â
All this changed dramatically when Will collided with Chris Maxey, known to just about everyone as Maxey. Maxey was physically imposing, loud, and a star wrestler who was determined to become a Navy SEAL (where he would later serve for six years). Thanks to the strangely liberating circumstances of a little-known secret society at Yale, the two forged a bond that would become a mainstay of each otherâs lives as they repeatedly lost and found each other and themselves in the years after graduation.Â
From New Haven to New York City, from Hong Kong and Panama to a remarkable school on an island in the Bahamasâthrough marriages and a divorce, triumphs and devastating lossesâWe Should Not Be Friends tracks an extraordinary friendship over decades of challenge and change. Schwalbeâs marvelous new work is, at its heart, a joyful testament to the miracle of human connectionâand how if we can just get past our preconceptions, we may find some of our greatest friends.
