Tag: Famous friendships past and present in real life and in fiction

They started as friends, feuded, and attempted to repair their friendship until West interrupted Swift’s speech at MTV Music Video Awards saying, “I made that bitch famous.” Since then, the barbs have flown back and forth. Given Taylor’s financial success and fandom, she appears to be winning that battle. 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.

Taylor Swift and Kanye West evolved from friendship to public feuding

Two resilient women, two separate journeys, one lasting friendship

In the Frog and Toad picture books by Arnold Lobel, Frog and Toad are constant friends. The quirky pair do ordinary things and also embark on grand adventures. Whether they are flying kites or chasing after a missing button, these pals charm young readers and the adults who read with them. 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.

Amphibian amiability and adventures

Two resilient women, two separate journeys, one lasting friendship

Boxers Louis and Schmeling had a media-fueled rivalry in the 1930s. Louis, an American Black athlete, beat Shmeling, who Hitler called an Aryan hero. Neither man liked being a political symbol. They reconnected after World War II and remained close friends. Schmeling even helped pay for Louis’s funeral in 1981. 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.

Boxers Joe Louis and Max Schmeling preferred being friends to rivals

Two resilient women, two separate journeys, one lasting friendship

In Natalie Babbit’s Tuck Everlasting, 10-year-old Winnie is friendless until she meets the Tucks at a spring whose waters can grant immortality. Winnie learns a lifetime of lessons in the few days she spends with Tucks. 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.

Winnie Foster finds friendship in Tuck Everlasting

Two resilient women, two separate journeys, one lasting friendship

Media mogul Winfrey and broadcast journalist King met in 1976, while working at a Baltimore television station. One day, when a snowstorm hit and King couldn’t get home, Winfrey invited her to spend the night. They connected immediately and have been best friends ever since, which they attribute to mutual honesty, enjoying each other’s company, and the ability to communicate, even without words. 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.

Winfrey & King communicate, even without words

Two resilient women, two separate journeys, one lasting friendship

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