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Celebrate Galentine’s Day with 5 Books Featuring Friendship
By Emily Hoang
Whether you’re coupled up or not, there are so many different ways to celebrate Valentine’s Day. Cook for a loved one or enjoy a solo meal with a glass of wine. Gather all your friends and host a dinner party. If you need a reminder of how powerful friendships are, take a look at one of these books. Childhood friends stand the test of time, facing challenges while on different paths. Surprising relationships occur, like a young chambermaid striking a friendship with Marilyn Monroe. These books will make you see just how strong bonds between friends can be and be a reminder of how we can find love in some of the most unexpected places.
Since they were children, Serena, Michelle, Kenya, and Lynette have been sister friends forever. This year is an important turning point for all of them. Serena questions why she hasn’t found love yet. Michelle, ready to walk down the aisle, hesitates when an old flame strolls back into her life. Kenya is happily married with the exception of her husband’s ex-wife not allowing their family to live in peace. Finally, Lynette is dating for the first time in over a decade after divorcing her cheating husband. While the ladies search for love and hold onto the love they already have in their lives, their friendships will be tested like never before.
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Four best friends take inspiration from the infamous, empowering song, Goodbye Earl. In 2004, it’s the final high school days for Rosemarie, Ada, Caroline, and Kasey. As teenagers, anything seems possible, from falling in love to finding their dream jobs. The girls are reunited in 2019 for a wedding. Kasey returns to their hometown of Goldie for the first time and she hasn’t told anyone what made her leave so abruptly that summer after graduation. She’s determined to focus on the joy of being together again, but when she sees signs that one of them might be in trouble, she’s brought back to that fateful summer. This time, she refuses to let the past define her and to protect her loved ones at all costs.
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This moving novel displays an unexpected friendship between Marilyn Monroe and a young maid. Pauline, a young chambermaid at Mapes Hotel in Reno, is asked to step in for a colleague and clean Suite 614. She opens the door to a dazed, sleepy woman—Mrs. Miller, or more famously known as Marilyn Monroe. Marilyn’s stay in Reno coincides with the breakdown of her marriage to Arthur Miller and the filming of The Misfits. Over the course of a few weeks, the story unfolds to reimagine a new side of Marilyn Monroe and show the power of female friendships.
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Malak, Kees, and Jenna have been best friends since childhood. They navigate love, sex, faith, and womanhood alongside expectations of being good Muslim women. Malak dreams for her partner, community, and faith to hammily coexist. Kees is in love with a white Catholic man her parents can never know about. Jenna is always the life of the party but is plagued by an unshakeable loneliness. One night everything changes their relationship. As their lives branch out to different paths, the girls need each other now more than ever. This “Read With Jenna Book Club” pick shows the joy and messiness love holds.
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When Scarlett passes away, her hopes and dreams seem to die, but somehow she’s still here watching the ripple effect of her death on the lives of her loved ones. She’d do anything to go back to join the living. Evie, her best friend, can’t imagine her life without Scarlett and doesn’t want to forgive Nate, the man she blames for Scarlett’s death. But charming Nate keeps showing up when all Evie wants to do is retreat from the world. But Evie is not alone. Scarlett is by her side, wrestling with the choices that led to that fateful day.
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