Buddy System: Understanding Male Friendships

ISBN-10: 0195326423
ISBN-13: 9780195326420
Category: Family & Relationships
Pages: 304
Language: English
Published: 2009
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Authors: Geoffrey Greif, Professor Geoffrey Greif

Description

Drawing on in-depth interviews with nearly 400 men,therapist and researcher Geoffrey L. Greif takes readers on a guided tour of male friendships, explaining what makes them work, why they are vital to the health of individuals and communities, and how to build the kinds of friendships that can lead to longer and happier lives.Through the lively words of men themselves, and detailed profiles of men from their twenties to their nineties, readers may be surprised to find what friendships offer men-as well as their families and communities-and are sure to learn what makes their own relationships tick.

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