{"product_id":"we-should-not-be-friends-the-story-of-a-friendship-paperback","title":"We Should Not Be Friends: The Story of a Friendship - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWill Schwalbe\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA warm, funny, irresistible book that follows an improbable and life-changing college friendship over the course of forty years--from the best-selling author of \u003ci\u003eThe End of Your Life Book Club\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy the time Will Schwalbe was a junior at college, he had already met everyone he cared to know: the theater people, writers, visual artists and comp lit majors, and various other quirky characters including the handful of students who shared his own major, Latin and Greek. He also knew exactly who he wanted to avoid: the jocks. The jocks wore baseball caps and moved in packs, filling boisterous tables in the dining hall, and on the whole seemed to be another species entirely, one Will might encounter only at his own peril. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAll this changed dramatically when Will collided with Chris Maxey, known to just about everyone as Maxey. Maxey was physically imposing, loud, and a star wrestler who was determined to become a Navy SEAL (where he would later serve for six years). Thanks to the strangely liberating circumstances of a little-known secret society at Yale, the two forged a bond that would become a mainstay of each other's lives as they repeatedly lost and found each other and themselves in the years after graduation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom New Haven to New York City, from Hong Kong and Panama to a remarkable school on an island in the Bahamas--through marriages and a divorce, triumphs and devastating losses--\u003ci\u003eWe Should Not Be Friends\u003c\/i\u003e tracks an extraordinary friendship over decades of challenge and change. Schwalbe's marvelous new work is, at its heart, a joyful testament to the miracle of human connection--and how if we can just get past our preconceptions, we may find some of our greatest friends.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWILL SCHWALBE has worked in book publishing (currently as an editor at Macmillan); in digital media; and as a journalist, writing for various publications, including \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eSouth China Morning Post.\u003c\/i\u003e He is the author of \u003ci\u003eBooks for Living, The End of Your Life Book Club, \u003c\/i\u003e and coauthor, with David Shipley, of \u003ci\u003eSend.\u003c\/i\u003e He lives in New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.73 x 8 x 5.23 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 19, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44414628888678,"sku":"9780525564058","price":26.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/XnwGwyj3_r9780525564058.webp?v=1770015118","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/we-should-not-be-friends-the-story-of-a-friendship-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}