A review by capy
Conversations on Love by Natasha Lunn

3.25

At the same time, the friendships I have with women who I’ve known since I was a child are the most precious relationships. There’s a purity to them, because they’re not connected to my romantic life or my life as a parent. Those types of friendships create a space where you’re free to be the person that you are, or the person that you thought you were, or the person that you want to be. You can fully witness each other changing. And there’s something reassuring about the fact that, no matter how distant you might have become from yourself, no matter how much your relationship or your career has changed you, you can still connect with a person who knew you when you were a teenager. An old friendship is one of those things that helps you remember who you are in the world, and that’s so valuable. 

exactly what the title promises, very accessible for women and men (maybe too accessible as someone like me who expected concepts i've never heard of before). the third section on loss was definitely the most hard hitting, not only because of its weight but because of my own inexperience with grief; also enjoyed the section on temporary relationships, like parents who flock together when they're raising kids and don't keep a friendship afterwards. overall nice read but now that i check my notes, i don't think i'm keeping much from it