Friendship for Grown-Ups: What I Missed and Learned Along the Way
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Do you long for a true friend?
"Isn't that what we all want? To be seen, in all our glory, for better or worse, the good, the bad, and the ugly and still be embraced?"
If only such friendships were easy to find. And keep. For Lisa Whelchel and millions of others, friendship is a challenge. The vulnerability, trust, balance, grace, and time required to develop and maintain strong friendships do not come easily.
Growing up as an actress in Hollywood, there were few people Lisa could trust, and even fewer to guide her. By the time she reached adulthood, she had learned to be self-sufficient. She was strong, she was “safe,” and she was lonely.
One day, Lisa found that “the desire to experience connection was stronger than the desire to be safe.” She determined right then to finally understand friendship: how to create one, sustain it, and experience the sheer joy of having it. But it wasn’t easy.
Since then, she has traveled the ups and downs of friendship, learning about herself, others, and the kinds of friendship God designed.
A speaker, teacher, and compelling storyteller, Lisa writes from her heart and her head, sharing her story and helping women understand how to cope with the strengths and weaknesses of friendship, and basing all her advice on the foundation of our ultimate relationship with the Savior.
Lisa Whelchel
Lisa Whelchel, best known for her long standing role as "Blair" in the television series, The Facts of Life, is a wife and a home schooling mother of three children. She has appeared in several feature films and is an author, vocalist, Grammy nominated songwriter, and an inspirational speaker at churches and conferences nationwide.
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Reviews for Friendship for Grown-Ups
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The author's personal experience, or lack of experience, with close friendship. It was a feel good book about friendships, the hurt one experiences when we assume things or when a trusted friends burns us, and how to reconcile or when to cut the friendship forever.
I liked the sweeping of the bricks topic; how to deal with something that could build a wall between friends and tear it down immediately and how to approach it delicately. - Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Some good concepts but really "Christian". If that's not your cup of tea, it wouldn't be much
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5A straight forward look at adult frienships and their place in our lives.