Much like her first memoir, Tate is unafraid to write about difficult moments in her life. While “B.F.F.” mainly focuses on Tate’s relationships with her late friend, Meredith, Tate also weaves together her countless other friendships, from those created on elementary school playgrounds to newer relationships from her adult life. In a world congested with literature covering romantic relationships, Tate lays the blueprint for a new genre of friendship writing. Her newest memoir, “B.F.F.: A Memoir of Friendship Lost and Found,” exhibits this same unconditional honesty, but it works to break down a different barrier present in the literary space. In the writing world, Tate may be best known for her 2020 publication of her memoir, “Group: How One Therapist and a Circle of Strangers Saved My Life.” Awarded as a New York Times bestseller and Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick, “Group” intimately detailed Tate’s experience with group therapy, breaking down the stigma of openly writing about mental health and treatment. Tate’s writing is especially memorable because of her unapologetic honesty about her life. But what about all of the other intricate and essential relationships in life? Author and essayist Christie Tate argues that every bookstore should have a friendship section - a place to bring powerful, non-romantic friendships to the forefront of readers’ minds. Across thousands of independent bookstores in America, readers can almost certainly find a romance section, toppling with literature that reinforces the tropes of romantic relationships.
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