Emily Gould

Friendship Emily Gould

Marc Notes: ; 8; Bev Tunney and Amy Schein are best friends, but now, at 30, they have reached a crossroads. Bev is stuck in circumstances that would have barely passed muster in her mid-20s: temping, living in a shared house, drowning in debt. Amy is a fiercely charismatic media darling still riding the tailwinds of early success, but reality is catching up with her. And now Bev is unexpectedly pregnant. As Amy and Bev are dragged into genuine adulthood, they are forced to contemplate the possibility that growing up might mean growing apart.. Biographical Note: Emily Gould is the author of "And the Heart Says Whatever" and the co-owner, with Ruth Curry, of a feminist publishing startup, Emily Books, which sells new and backlist titles via a subscription model. She has written extensively for many publications, including "The New York Times," "The New York Times Magazine," MIT's "Technology Review," "Poetry," the "London Review of Books," "n+1," "The Guardian," "The Economist," "Slate," and "Jezebel," and was an editor at "Gawker" in 2008. She is best known as a blogger, having maintained a popular online presence since 2005. She lives in New York. Review Quotes: Gould has created the kind of friendship that is not shallow, silly, or a plot sideline, but private, deep, and more real than almost anything else. It's enough to make yourReview Quotes: "Friendship" is a moving, focused, highly readable, very funny novel, told with a calming amount of perspective by a trustworthy, precise voice. It is intimate and insightful regarding two decades of life (early twenties to middle age), and on the topics of endurance (emotional, financial), relationships (work, platonic, romantic--human), and jobs (temp, Internet, freelance art) in New York City.--Tao Lin, author of TaipeiReview Quotes: Truth-teller Emily Gould hurls her heart and her mind into this hilarious, bittersweet tale of the urgent, everyday need for connection between women.--Jami Attenberg, author of The Middlesteins Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 12/22/2014 (EAN 9781494505653, Compact Disc) Publishers Weekly 03/10/2014 (EAN 9780374158613, Hardcover) Kirkus Reviews 05/01/2014 (EAN 9780374158613, Hardcover) - *Starred Review Booklist 06/01/2014 pg. 34 (EAN 9780374158613, Hardcover) People Weekly 06/09/2014 pg. 42 (EAN 9780374158613, Hardcover) Entertainment Weekly 07/11/2014 pg. 73 (EAN 9780374158613, Hardcover) Books & Culture 07/01/2014 pg. 35 (EAN 9780374158613, Hardcover) New Yorker (The) 07/07/2014 pg. 87 (EAN 9780374158613, Hardcover) People Weekly 07/14/2014 pg. 42 (EAN 9780374158613, Hardcover) New York Times Book Review 07/20/2014 pg. 10 (EAN 9780374158613, Hardcover) Entertainment Weekly 12/05/2014 pg. 73 (EAN 9780374158613, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  Gould, Emily Emily Gould is the author of "And the Heart Says Whatever" and the co-owner, with Ruth Curry, of a feminist publishing startup, Emily Books, which sells new and backlist titles via a subscription model. She has written extensively for many publications, including "The New York Times", "The New York Times Magazine", MIT's "Technology Review", "Poetry", the "London Review of Books", "n+1", "The Guardian", "The Economist", "Slate", and "Jezebel", and was an editor at "Gawker" in 2008. She is best known as a blogger, having maintained a popular online presence since 2005 at Emily Magazine. She lives in New York.