{"id":1895,"date":"2016-08-09T21:48:06","date_gmt":"2016-08-09T16:18:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fableandi.com\/?p=1895"},"modified":"2020-04-04T16:44:16","modified_gmt":"2020-04-04T11:14:16","slug":"fifteen-books-celebrate-friendship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebooksatchel.com\/fifteen-books-celebrate-friendship\/","title":{"rendered":"Fifteen Books that Celebrate Friendship"},"content":{"rendered":"
Last Sunday, on August 7th, the world celebrated Friendship Day. Messages, tweets and even gifts were exchanged both in the online and offline worlds. As we grow older, the number of friends in the immediate circle dwindles, but how wonderful to have a few good ones who stay on, right? Thank God for friends.<\/p>\n
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“I am never sad when a friend goes away, because whichever city or country the friend goes to, they turn the place friendly. They turn a suspicious looking place on the map into a place where a welcome can be found.<\/em>” – Mr. Fox by Helen Oyeyemi<\/span><\/p>\n
Here is a list of books that celebrate friendship. Isn’t it wonderful that as a reader, a fictional character would seem like an old friend when you finish reading the book? The books that make you feel that way are the best. Aren’t they?<\/p>\n
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1. HARRY POTTER by J. K. Rowling<\/h3>\n
Of course, the number one book for friendship would be the Harry Potter<\/em> series. Harry, Ron and Hermoine are the perfect trio. I love the jealousy and irritability that invade the friendship as they grew older. And how everything turns out well in the end, because that is what happens in true friendships.<\/p>\n
There are several other friendships in the book as well – Hagrid and Harry, Luna and Harry, Dumbledore and Snape and SO MANY others. Each is special in their own way. And throughout the book the message is loud and clear – With friendship and love you can defeat anything evil that crosses your path.<\/p>\n
I grew up reading Harry Potter. I love re-reading the books and re-watching the movies. I re-read all the seven books last year. As for the movies, I re-watched them in July to celebrate Harry Potter’s birthday.<\/p>\n
Okay, I should stop gushing about the book and move on to the next one.<\/p>\n
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2. MY BRILLIANT FRIEND by Elena Ferrante<\/h3>\n
My Brilliant Friend<\/em> is the first book of the Neapolitan Novels by Elena Ferrante. Though I have read just two books in the series, I am sure the books that follow fit into the theme of friendship as well.<\/p>\n
It is the story of Lena and Lila who are friends, despite being very different from one another. As they grow older, their paths converge and diverge. The book is the story of the friendship from their childhood up to teens. The rest of the books pick up the trail from that period of their lives.<\/p>\n