{"product_id":"9780571360062-boy-friends","title":"Boy Friends","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Memoir of Joy, Grief and Male Friendship\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn intimate and original memoir of love, grief and male friendship by one of Scotland's brightest young talents.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'As perfect a portrait of friendship as I've ever read.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSTEPHEN FRY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Lucid, lyrical, loaded .\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn intimate and original memoir of love, grief and male friendship by one of Scotland's brightest young talents.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'As perfect a portrait of friendship as I've ever read.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSTEPHEN FRY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Lucid, lyrical, loaded . A love letter to friendship.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJACKIE KAY\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A lovely book: bright and heartfelt, funny and refreshing.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eANDREW O'HAGAN\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A beautiful, moving, life-affirming book.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIAN RANKIN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFriendships might just be the greatest love affairs of our lives .\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 2018 poet and author Michael Pedersen lost a cherished friend, Scott Hutchison, soon after their collective voyage into the landscape of the Scottish Highlands. Just weeks later, Michael began to write to him. As he confronts the bewildering process of grief, what starts as a love letter to one magical, coruscating human soon becomes a paean to all the gorgeous male friendships that have transformed his life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Boy Friends\u003c\/i\u003e sees Pedersen illuminate these companions with a poet's eye, a comedian's timing - and a lover's care.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOBSERVER\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Written with enough electricity that it seems to jolt off the page . \u003ci\u003eBoy Friends\u003c\/i\u003e opens up conversations about . the brunt of suicide, the circumstances of certain types of Scottish masculinity and where friendships fit into that.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40805068013665,"sku":"9780571360062","price":7.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_36328094_99c03a99-d489-44d6-bc26-a38a3017c70b.jpg?v=1759408682","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780571360062-boy-friends","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}