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  • Text Me When You Get Home

  • The Evolution and Triumph of Modern Female Friendship
  • Written by: Kayleen Schaefer
  • Narrated by: Lauren Fortgang
  • Length: 6 hrs and 49 mins
  • 3.7 out of 5 stars (15 ratings)

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Text Me When You Get Home

Written by: Kayleen Schaefer
Narrated by: Lauren Fortgang
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Publisher's Summary

"Text Me has the thrills and laughs of a romantic comedy, but with an inverted message: 'There just isn't only one love story in our lives,' Schaefer writes. If you're lucky, friends will be the protagonists in these multiple love stories. It's high time that we start seeing it that way." (NPR)

2018's Great Reads

A personal and sociological examination - and ultimately a celebration - of the evolution of female friendship in pop culture and modern society

For too long, women have been told that we are terrible at being friends, that we can't help being cruel or competitive, or that we inevitably abandon each other for romantic partners. But we are rejecting those stereotypes and reclaiming the power of female friendship.   

In Text Me When You Get Home, journalist Kayleen Schaefer interviews more than 100 women about their BFFs, soul mates, girl gangs, and queens while tracing this cultural shift through the lens of pop culture. Our love for each other is reflected in Abbi and Ilana, Issa and Molly, #squadgoals, the acclaim of Girls Trip and Big Little Lies, and Galentine's Day. Schaefer also includes her own history of grappling with a world that told her to rely on men before she realized that her true source of support came from a strong tribe of women. Her personal narrative and celebration of her own relationships weaves throughout the evolution of female friendship on-screen, a serious look at how women have come to value one another and our relationships.  

Text Me When You Get Home is a validation that has never existed before. A thoughtful, heart-soaring, deeply reported look at how women are taking a stand for their friendships and not letting go.

©2018 Kayleen Schaefer (P)2018 Penguin Audio

What the critics say

“A memoir of female friendship issues a call to action for BFFs everywhere.” (New York Times Book Review)

Text Me has the thrills and laughs of a romantic comedy, but with an inverted message: ‘There just isn't only one love story in our lives,’ Schaefer writes. If you're lucky, friends will be the protagonists in these multiple love stories. It's high time that we start seeing it that way.” (NPR.org)

“Schaefer traces the evolution of female friendship in this thoughtfully reported book. Its insightful cultural criticism makes for an especially valuable read in the #MeToo era.” (Entertainment Weekly)

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a bit too privileged cis for me.

I wish I'd read more reviews of this book before I wasted a credit on it. I appreciate it's existence but it's not written for me. It's just rehashed stories. I was expecting more from this.

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Self care in audio form

this book is like a warm hug, will make you laugh cry, and maybe a little angry at times, but mostly it will make you Love your friends even more. Sisters supporting sisters, friends supporting friends, it really talks about the importance and value of woman to woman relationships.

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