| International Standard Book Number |
9781538768969 (ebook)
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781538768945 (hardcover)
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| International Standard Book Number |
1538768941 (hardcover)
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| Personal Name |
McCarthy, Andrew, 1962- author.
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| Title Statement |
Who needs friends : an unscientific examination of male friendship across America / Andrew McCarthy.
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| Edition Statement |
First edition.
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| Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice |
New York : Grand Central Publishing, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc, 2026.
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| Physical Description |
305 pages : map ; 22 cm.
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| Bibliography, Etc. Note |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-303).
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| Summary, Etc. |
""You don't really have any friends, do you, Dad?" A seemingly innocuous, if direct, question from Andrew McCarthy's son left him reeling. McCarthy did have friends, but like so many other men, the necessities of modern adult life had forced his friendships to the background. At one point his friends had been instrumental in broadening his horizons, bolstering his courage, providing safe harbor. Now, McCarthy found himself questioning what had happened to those friendships, whether he needed them, what he valued, and what he had to offer. A simple question had become a moment that demanded a reckoning. WHO NEEDS FRIENDS charts McCarthy's journey over nearly ten thousand miles behind the wheel, following him on often-unexpected travels through Appalachia, the Mississippi Delta, the Chihuahuan Desert, the Rocky Mountains with one driving purpose: to reconnect. Along the way he talks to countless men about their male friendships, from cowboys and blues musicians to preachers and rootless teens. What began as a simple desire to catch up with a few friends turned into a deep exploration of the challenges and rewards that men experience in forming bonds with each other. In McCarthy's own words, 'It turns out that guys have a difficult time with friendship.' But that's not the way it needs to be."-- Provided by publisher.
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| Subject-Personal Name |
McCarthy, Andrew, 1962-
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Interpersonal relations.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Identity (Psychology)
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Voyages and travels.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Mental health.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Motion picture actors and actresses.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Male friendship United States.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Men Psychology. United States
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Autobiographies.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Travel writing.
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