Who needs friends : an unscientific examination of male friendship across America / Andrew McCarthy.
""You don't really have any friends, do you, Dad?" A seemingly innocuous, if direct, question from Andrew McCarthy's son left him reeling. McCarthy did have friends, but like so many other men, the necessities of modern adult life had forced his friendships to the background. At one point his friends had been instrumental in broadeninghis horizons, bolstering his courage, providing safe harbor. Now, McCarthy found himself questioning what had happened to those friendships, whether he needed them, what he valued, and what he had to offer. A simple question had become a moment that demanded a reckoning. WHO NEEDS FRIENDS charts McCarthy's journey over nearly ten thousand miles behind the wheel, following him on often-unexpected travelsthrough Appalachia, the Mississippi Delta, the Chihuahuan Desert, the Rocky Mountains with one driving purpose: to reconnect. Along theway he talks to countless men about their male friendships, from cowboys and blues musicians to preachers and rootless teens. What began as a simple desire to catch up with a few friends turned into a deep exploration of the challenges and rewards that men experience in forming bonds with each other. In McCarthy's own words, "It turns out that guys have a difficult time with friendship." But that's not the way it needs to be"-- Provided by publisher.
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- ISBN: 9781538768945
- ISBN: 1538768941
- Physical Description: 305 pages : map ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Grand Central Publishing, [2026]
- Copyright: ©2026
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- Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-303).
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