![]() Friendships, deep and intimate, have always provided me the best platform for tackling some of the most complex issues in life, which makes the premise of this book ring true and very relatable. Yet in friendship, the issues are experienced through a lens of connectivity rather than divisiveness. Pride and Piazza adeptly utilize Jenn and Riley’s friendship to open this seemingly insurmountable dialogue in a way that permits empathy and understanding. But on this, their perspectives are as different as night and day. In so many areas, they are in sync and of one mind. ![]() This story is told in alternating POV between Riley and Jenn, allowing us to see them distinctly as individuals. And now, they must reckon with the one thing that threatens to divide them. But when tragedy happens, both realize that so many things have gone unsaid over the years. ![]() Riley adored Jenn’s aggressive friendliness. Jenn knew Riley’s lofty career aspirations as well as her drink order. ![]() ![]() Riley and Jenn’s richly layered bond was forged in early childhood and deepened over time. In the same vein as Picoult, Pride and Piazza explore all sides of a galvanizing topic in a way that breads unity rather than divisiveness. ![]()
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