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Weaving together history, interviews and memoir, Bad Friend offers what's long overdue: a more expansive, more rebellious vision of friendship fit for twenty-first-century life.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53246139236625,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53246139269393,"sku":"GOR014829303","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780571376544.jpg?v=1773404419"},{"product_id":"bad-friend-book-tiffany-watt-smith-9781250870223","title":"Bad Friend","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA smart and thought-provoking memoir, history, and cultural critique about the turmoil and complexity of female friendship \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOur culture today is inundated with narratives about the strength of female friendship, whether through images of girl power, BFFs, or work wives. Yet cultural historian Tiffany Watt Smith has always found her own life much messier. She has had dramatic friend breakups, friendships that felt like too much or not enough, friendships that drifted into silence, and friendships built on convenience rather than a meeting of minds. And there are older cultural scripts to contend with: the competitive rival, the jealous backstabber, the underminer, the fair-weather friend. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWe have all been bad friends. It's impossible to be a perfect one; as Watt Smith points out, women's friendships have long been magnified, scrutinized, praised, and admonished, creating a legacy of impossible ideals. 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