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A review by readwithshiggy
Text Me When You Get Home: The Evolution and Triumph of Modern Female Friendship by Kayleen Schaefer
5.0
I got this e-galley over the weekend, finished it within the day, and then immediately sent ‘I LOVE YOU!!’ texts to all of my best friends.
Like, think of your closest girlfriends. The ones that immediately pop into mind, the ones that have been with your through everything, the ones that just thinking of them makes you feel an overwhelming wave of love. This book is 298 straight pages of that exact amazing feeling! It was a day of reading and thinking about the best people in my life— the women who have empowered me, comforted me, and shaped me into the person that I am today.
While it managed to provide a pretty comprehensive history of the representation of female friendships in the media and dissected the different stages women go through in understanding female friendships; what I valued most from it was that it allowed me a lot of opportunities to reflect about my own life, my core friends, and what I value and hope for in my relationships. This book was sweet, simple, and really honest about the author's own experience with female friendships (especially about sorority life, because man are were we on the same boat) which I appreciated!
This book came to me at a time where I felt really defeated and passive, and couldn’t understand why I wasn’t just bouncing back from the feeling like I could from anything else. But this quarter was different for me because so many of my most stable female friendships were long-distance or lost-in-communication, and for the first time in a while, I didn’t have the full power of all my best friends to help me through it. I always knew female friendships are the key to a happy life, but this was the first time I realize *how* truly necessary they are! Like it said in this #relateable tweet, “Behind every successful woman is 4 female friends saying “omg you’re a STAR” and “YOU CAN DO IT BB” when she felt like, perhaps, she could not.” For that reason, I really loved it! I needed some #girllove— and this book radiates it.
So I wish I had a physical copy of this to keep for those days when I’m missing my girls & need to reflect. But I know that when this comes out in February, the most important women in my life will be receiving it as a Galentine’s Day gift anyway.
Like, think of your closest girlfriends. The ones that immediately pop into mind, the ones that have been with your through everything, the ones that just thinking of them makes you feel an overwhelming wave of love. This book is 298 straight pages of that exact amazing feeling! It was a day of reading and thinking about the best people in my life— the women who have empowered me, comforted me, and shaped me into the person that I am today.
While it managed to provide a pretty comprehensive history of the representation of female friendships in the media and dissected the different stages women go through in understanding female friendships; what I valued most from it was that it allowed me a lot of opportunities to reflect about my own life, my core friends, and what I value and hope for in my relationships. This book was sweet, simple, and really honest about the author's own experience with female friendships (especially about sorority life, because man are were we on the same boat) which I appreciated!
This book came to me at a time where I felt really defeated and passive, and couldn’t understand why I wasn’t just bouncing back from the feeling like I could from anything else. But this quarter was different for me because so many of my most stable female friendships were long-distance or lost-in-communication, and for the first time in a while, I didn’t have the full power of all my best friends to help me through it. I always knew female friendships are the key to a happy life, but this was the first time I realize *how* truly necessary they are! Like it said in this #relateable tweet, “Behind every successful woman is 4 female friends saying “omg you’re a STAR” and “YOU CAN DO IT BB” when she felt like, perhaps, she could not.” For that reason, I really loved it! I needed some #girllove— and this book radiates it.
So I wish I had a physical copy of this to keep for those days when I’m missing my girls & need to reflect. But I know that when this comes out in February, the most important women in my life will be receiving it as a Galentine’s Day gift anyway.