What Are Friends For?

By Marsha Karzmer

Friendship plays a greater role in many of our lives than we ever imagine or acknowledge. Marsha Karzmer's inspirational new book is a celebration of all that friends are for each other. It's the perfect birthday, holiday, anydayatall, or becauseI'mthinkingofyou gift.

Here's what friends do. They:
* Inspire you
* Remind you of who you can be
* Hang out with you
* Help you live it up
* Provide a shoulder
* Love you best
* Tell you the truth

What Are Friends For? follows up on Marsha Karzmer's bestselling first book How Old Is Beautiful? Karzmer applies her eagle eye and sharp scissors to phrases she fi nds in magazines and newspapers and constructs ransom note style paeans to women everywhere.

Friendship is a many splendored thing our friends help us grieve, celebrate, grow, and giggle. What Are Friends For? has quirky, smart, sincere, and downright funny statements on how friendships change us and evolve over time. Karzmer draws on her own experiences with love, life, marriage, and children, and how friends have played an important part in her life.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1573244147
• ISBN13: 9781573244145
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Red Wheel
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.2" x 6.1"

Customer Reviews

Fun Book for Friends of Any Age

I bought this book for 5 friends, from 18 to 55, and it fit all of them. It's a fun lighthearted book that has a message. The really neat thing about the message is that the book is written out of phrases cut out of magazine and other news sources. When the phrases are put together in this unique style, it tells a fun story that is easy to read. The message I got out of the book is to let your friends know how much they mean to you and I did that when I gave them this book.

Share this with all your friends

From the eye catching cover to the quirky and inspirational quotes inside, this book just begs to be shared with friends. Who wouldn't want to heed the advice "Be a phenomenal woman" and who wouldn't agree with the statement "Give me the support of a few good women friends, and I can do almost anything!" Page after page brought a smile to my face and made me realize how important my friends are. A great gift book to give or to receive. One of the quotes in the book says "your friends are the best; give them the world". If you can't give them the world, give them this book!! You'll brighten their day and make them laugh. Isn't that what friends are for?

Great "Little" book

I think this is a wonderful book and a great idea. This is a fun book and a great gift for all your girlfriends young and old. There is something in there for everyone to relate to. The authors idea of using magazine clippings to create the book is fantastic and adds to the creativity and makes it different than anything else out there. I would highly recomend this book, for a gift or for a friend just because you care!