The Social Sex: A History of Female Friendship - Softcover

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In the brisk yet comprehensive "The Social Sex: A History of Female Friendship" (Harper Perennial), feminist historian Marilyn Yalom and writer Theresa Donovan Brown take a seriously playful approach to the evolution of women as social beings. --Elle"

. . .astute, well-balanced, and fact-filled ode to the companionship of women. . . this detailed, entertaining book provides the backbone for such sturdy, enduring relationships. --Booklist"

This sweeping, lighthearted, highly readable survey hints that beyond proximity, shared interests, and reciprocity, there is still some lovely mystery to what binds the noncarnal union of similar souls. --Publishers Weekly"

compelling. . . .clear-headed understanding and appreciation of the deep bonds that women form, without the temptation to judge or label them. --Los Angeles Times"

... an extremely long view on women s unique approach to non-sexual bonding. . . .Yalom and Brown argue, friendships are flourishing as never before. --New York Times"

Fascinating..for the minutiae it uncovers, the figures whose correspondence sparks biographical curiosity, and not least its insistence on the world-shifting power of female friendship, "The Social Sex" is a paean to companionship. Share it with a bosom friend. --NPR"

"In the brisk yet comprehensive The Social Sex: A History of Female Friendship (Harper Perennial), feminist historian Marilyn Yalom and writer Theresa Donovan Brown take a seriously playful approach to the evolution of women as social beings."--Elle

." . .astute, well-balanced, and fact-filled ode to the companionship of women. . . this detailed, entertaining book provides the backbone for such sturdy, enduring relationships."--Booklist

"This sweeping, lighthearted, highly readable survey hints that beyond proximity, shared interests, and 'reciprocity, ' there is still some lovely mystery to what binds the 'noncarnal union of similar souls.'"--Publishers Weekly

"compelling. . . .clear-headed understanding and appreciation of the deep bonds that women form, without the temptation to judge or label them."--Los Angeles Times