Book 38: The Myth of You and Me
Sometimes ads on webpages are actually useful. Until I updated my Adblock extension in Firefox, I was still seeing some ads on the highly snarky Fugging It Up from time to time. One of these ads was for this book by Leah Stewart, The Myth of You and Me and the blurb was something about, “for anyone who has ever lost a friend and wondered after them years later” and then something else like, “addressing the rarely talked about deep bonds of female friendship.”
I’m so that target audience it isn’t even funny.
Thankfully my library had a copy and I was able to get it rather quickly. Its a fast read, or maybe I was just so engrossed in the story that I couldn’t put it down. Either way, it was able to keep me awake and reading more than any other book I’ve read of late. For the most part, I thought the author did a really great job of capturing the pain and joys of friendship. As well as what some people experience when a close friendship abruptly ends and all you’re left with is wondering, sometimes for years. A few sentences or paragraphs would catch me with the cliche “woa, I thought I was the only person to ever think that” reaction.
I actually had a much longer, much more personal post about my reactions to this book, but realizing anymore, just how many people I know that read this site (and that’s not a bad thing at all)… I think I’m just going to keep them to myself and say that the book is recommended for anyone who’s ever wondered what happened to that friend. And I when I say “wondered”, I mean you’ve really really thought about it. You’ve agonized over where they went and maybe even tried to find them to no avail. Or maybe you got lucky and you did reconnect after many years. Recently, I’ve gotten lucky in one instance, while I remain wondering in another…
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A nice train ride to Philly and back allowed me to complete the book over the weekend. I thought it was a great book. However, my warning is do not read it unless you are willing to mentally tackle those friendships that have dwindled or faded over the years. For me, it really made me ponder decisions made within close friendships and if there really was another choice when at the time I saw no other way to go.
Thanks for the review Wendy. I saw the book posted elsewhere and added it to my Amazon Wish List a few weeks back. Having read your review and as I too have wondered about several people over the years, I’m anxious to pick it up.