Face­book says you have hun­dreds of friends. So why, when you real­ly think about it, can you only name two? Friend­ship today is more con­fus­ing — yet more impor­tant — than ever. Enter best­selling author Julie Klam, an expert on friend­ship — online and off — if there ever was one. Draw­ing in par­tic­u­lar on her expe­ri­ences with her four clos­est friends and armed with a gen­tle sense of humor, Julie explores every facet of mod­ern friend­ship and pep­pers her sto­ries with sug­ges­tions on how to make the most of it. She wit­ti­ly explains how to hang on to our friend­ships in the tough­est cir­cum­stances: when schau­den­freude rears its ugly head, when we don’t like our friend’s mate. The result is a guide to friend­ships that can stand the test of time and a trib­ute to the pow­er­ful bonds we have with our friends. And it’s all deliv­ered in Klam’s inim­itable, dis­arm­ing­ly acces­si­ble and uproar­i­ous­ly fun­ny voice.