By Kate QuinnApr 9th, 2021, 2:48 pm
Female friendship: where would we be without it? From the classmates we made charm bracelets for in elementary school to the college besties who held our hair after too many shots, from the cubicle mates who got us through boring office jobs to the lifelong sister-friends who are at our sides from the cradle to the
Golden Girls years, female friendship is a rich and varied tapestry. No wonder it’s inspired so many novels.
Here are six great books about best friends to read with
your BFF!
(Credit: Chicago Review Press)
Garnet and Florinda start their friendship with a bang, as a resourceful New York society girl on her way to California with her trader husband helps a beautiful showgirl escape a murder charge. Quickly becoming friends, these two forge a bond that lasts through illness, danger, tragedy, childbirth, widowhood, and everything else life can throw at them—one of the best friendships ever depicted on the page.