Category: Famous Friends

Lorde and Parker were both Black lesbian poets, mothers, activists, and cancer patients. Beginning in the 1970s, they wrote each other regularly, grappling with the issues we confront fifty years later: social justice, women’s rights, and critical race theory. Read The Sister Knot about two resilient women, orphaned in WW2, who defy fate to sustain a lifelong friendship. A compelling novel about the power of sisterhood. Learn more about the book in NOVELS.

Poets Lorde and Parker were decades ahead of their time

Two resilient women, two separate journeys, one lasting friendship

In the friendship between George and Lennie in John Steinbeck’s novel Of Mice and Men, the former is the latter’s master and intellectual superior. Yet the imbalanced pair share mutual affection and responsibility, leaving an indelible impression on readers. Read The Sister Knot about two resilient women, orphaned in WW2, who defy fate to sustain a lifelong friendship. A compelling novel about the power of sisterhood. Learn more about the book in NOVELS.

An unequal but moving friendship between George and Lennie in Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men

Two resilient women, two separate journeys, one lasting friendship

The friendship began as confrontation when Murray, a Black woman, wrote a letter to the President and Mrs. Roosevelt protesting racial segregation in Southern schools. The First Lady wrote back, and the two women became personal friends and allies in the fight for racial justice. Read The Sister Knot about two resilient women, orphaned in WW2, who defy fate to sustain a lifelong friendship. A compelling novel about the power of sisterhood. Learn more about the book in NOVELS.

Murray and Roosevelt joined forces in the fight for racial justice

Two resilient women, two separate journeys, one lasting friendship

The musicians became friends at the high school where Frampton’s father was Bowie’s art teacher and Frampton sat in on Bowie’s jam sessions. When Bowie shot to fame in the late 80s, he recruited the guitarist to play on his Never Let Me Down album and Glass Spider tour. Frampton said Bowie’s faith in him “restored my credibility” as an artist. Read The Sister Knot about two resilient women, orphaned in WW2, who defy fate to sustain a lifelong friendship. A compelling novel about the power of sisterhood. Learn more about the book in NOVELS.

Bowie bolstered Frampton’s credibility as an artist

Two resilient women, two separate journeys, one lasting friendship

In Elena Ferrante’s four Neapolitan Novels, Elena and Lila are frenemies. From childhood to adulthood, together or apart, they are each other’s best friends and worst critics. Read The Sister Knot about two resilient women, orphaned in WW2, who defy fate to sustain a lifelong friendship. A compelling novel about the power of sisterhood. Learn more about the book in NOVELS.

Elena and Lila are lifelong frenemies in Ferrante’s four Neopolitan Novels

Two resilient women, two separate journeys, one lasting friendship

The two fantasy novelists were members of a literary critique group called The Inklings. Lewis, after seeing Tolkien’s sketches, encouraged him to write what became Lord of the Rings. Tolkien helped Lewis return to Christianity, which resulted in The Chronicles of Narnia. Read The Sister Knot about two resilient women, orphaned in WW2, who defy fate to sustain a lifelong friendship. A compelling novel about the power of sisterhood. Learn more about the book in NOVELS.

Authors and friends, they encouraged each other to write their greatest works

Two resilient women, two separate journeys, one lasting friendship

Of the many friendships in J. R. R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings, the one between Frodo Baggins and Samwise Gamgee is iconic. With his loyal, kind, and brave friend Sam, Frodo faces challenges, overcomes setbacks, and accomplishes his mission. Read The Sister Knot about two resilient women, orphaned in WW2, who defy fate to sustain a lifelong friendship. A compelling novel about the power of sisterhood. Learn more about the book in NOVELS.

Iconic friends Frodo and Sam together accomplish the great mission in Lord of the Rings

Two resilient women, two separate journeys, one lasting friendship

Escape artist Houdini gave silent film actor Keaton his stage name. Houdini, who co-owned a traveling show with Keaton’s father, saw little Joseph Frank Keaton fall down the stairs. Houdini admired how well the baby took a “buster” and the nickname stuck. Read The Sister Knot about two resilient women, orphaned in WW2, who defy fate to sustain a lifelong friendship. A compelling novel about the power of sisterhood. Learn more about the book in NOVELS.

How Harry Houdini nicknamed “Buster” Keaton

Two resilient women, two separate journeys, one lasting friendship

Founding Fathers, Washington and Hamilton, fought for U.S. independence and worked to build a stable country. They also became friends who shared the federalist view that Americans should have a strong central government as opposed to Thomas Jefferson who favored a decentralized (states’ rights) model. Read The Sister Knot about two resilient women, orphaned in WW2, who defy fate to sustain a lifelong friendship. A compelling novel about the power of sisterhood. Learn more about the book in NOVELS.

Washington and Hamilton: Political allies and friends

Two resilient women, two separate journeys, one lasting friendship

In Mark Twain’s The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer, orphan Tom and vagrant Huck get up to no good but are an inventive and entertaining team of mischief-makers in this satirical novel. Read The Sister Knot about two resilient women, orphaned in WW2, who defy fate to sustain a lifelong friendship. A compelling novel about the power of sisterhood. Learn more about the book in NOVELS.

Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer are entertaining mischief-makers in Twain’s classic