{"product_id":"good-friends","title":"Good Friends: \/\/ Bonds That Change Us and the World","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eBooklist Editor's Choice\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFRIENDSHIP IS THE GREAT LOVE STORY WE'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFriendship is good for your health.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStudies show that loneliness is as deadly as smoking fifteen cigarettes a day.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStill, we are not taught how to be good friends to one another. We cancel plans, lose touch, blame technology, and neglect our non-romantic loved ones. In Good Friends, author Priya Vulchi explores friendships across history, continents, and identities to show how friendship can open up new levels of joy and community in your life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat is the meaning of friendship, these miraculous bonds with once-strangers? How do you begin friendships? End them? Keep them vibrant? For answers, Vulchi weaves through Western classical thinkers like Plato, Aristotle, and Cicero, and uncovers the private moments between good friends like James Baldwin, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Yuri Kochiyama, Toni Morrison, and June Jordan. Friendship, she shows, has ripple effects beyond just any two friends; it awakens solidarity and changes in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThrough her inspiring and impassioned prose, Vulchi entirely reimagines our platonic ties, revealing that friendship, in the right hands, is a brilliant act of love and resistance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIntimate and engaging, Good Friends offers a resounding cry that friendship is not only vital for our own individual well-being, but for humanity itself. It invites you to be inspired not just by what people do but how people love. It invites you to look at your friends differently and enter a dazzlingly fresh philosophy of human connection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePriya Vulchi\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis the coauthor of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTell Me Who You Are\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and was the co-founder of the nonprofit CHOOSE, which she ran with her friend for over a decade. Vulchi was the youngest TED resident ever, one of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTeen Vogue's\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 21 Under 21 young people changing the world, and one of Bitch Media's fifty most influential feminists. Her work has been featured in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times, TIME magazine, Scholastic,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eBustle,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eon the\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eBBC,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand more. She has a bachelor's degree from Princeton University and is pursuing a PhD at Harvard University as a presidential scholar.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublisher: Legacy Lit\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublish Date: April 08, 2025\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePages: 256\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eType: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEAN\/UPC: 9781538766620\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDimensions: 7.1 X 5.0 X 1.0 inches | 0.6 pounds\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBISAC Categories: Family \u0026amp; Parenting, Politics, Philosophy, Biography \u0026amp; Memoir, Self-Help\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Priya Vulchi","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48879119925483,"sku":"9781538766620","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0253\/4014\/9820\/files\/9781538766620.jpg?v=1781562397","url":"https:\/\/rep.club\/products\/good-friends","provider":"Reparations Club","version":"1.0","type":"link"}