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Who Needs Friends : An Unscientific Examination of Male Friendship Across America.
'Who Needs Friends' is a moving and provocative exploration of male friendship and loneliness, author, filmmaker, and actor Andrew McCarthy as he crisscrosses the country to reconnect with his friends.
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- ISBN: 9781538768945
- Physical Description: 304 pages
- Publisher: Canada : Grand Central Publishing, 2026.
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| Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | Library Bound Incorporated |
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| Subject: | BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Rich & Famous FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Friendship HEALTH & FITNESS / Mental Health TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues |
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A moving and provocative exploration of male friendship and loneliness, from New York Times bestselling author, filmmaker, and actor Andrew McCarthy as he crisscrosses the country to reconnect with his friends.
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âYou donât really have any friends, do you, Dad?â
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A seemingly innocuous, if direct, question from Andrew McCarthyâs son left him reeling. McCarthy did have friends, but like so many other men, the necessities of modern adult life had forced his friendships to the background. At one point his friends had been instrumental in broadening his horizons, bolstering his courage, providing safe harbor. Now, McCarthy found himself questioning what had happened to those friendships, whether he needed them, what he valued, and what he had to offer. A simple question had become a moment that demanded a reckoning.
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WHO NEEDS FRIENDS charts McCarthyâs journey over nearly ten thousand miles behind the wheel, following him on often-unexpected travels through Appalachia, the Mississippi Delta, the Chihuahuan Desert, the Rocky Mountains with one driving purpose: to reconnect. Along the way he talks to countless men about their male friendships, from cowboys and blues musicians to preachers and rootless teens. What began as a simple desire to catch up with a few friends turned into a deep exploration of the challenges and rewards that men experience in forming bonds with each other. In McCarthyâs own words, âIt turns out that guys have a difficult time with friendship.â But thatâs not the way it needs to be.
