Best Friends by Sharon J. Wohlmuth Hardcover First Edition

Photographer Wohlmuth & journalist Saline complete their projected trilogy of prose & photo portraits of good, intimate relationships by turning to those of the nonconsanguineous kind. Well, not all these friends are unrelated: the musicians Ahn--Lucia, Maria, & Angella--are genuine sisters, and John & Terri are father and daughter but, separated before her birth because she was immediately put out for adoption, they didn't meet until she was past 30, & then they found that "we just clicked right away," as Terri says, and that they could "cultivate an entirely different kind of closeness," Saline writes. The other, nonfamilial pals--about all of whom we learn heartwarming & often moving details similar to those relayed about the Ahns & John and Terri--met in childhood, by happenstance, while working together, at events both casual and consequential, etc. As in its two best-selling predecessors, sometimes one or more persons in a set here is famous: singer Patti LaBelle appears w her hairdresser-companion Norma Gordon, & nonfiction authors Gay Talese & A. E. Hotchner happen to be best friends. As before, Wohlmuth's photos catch the subjects looking relaxed & appealingly vulnerable. But, as the presence of John & of Talese & Hotchner betokens, this time Wohlmuth & Saline's purview includes men. A fine conclusion to a justly popular project. Ray Olson First Edition Excellent Pre-Owned Condition New to Poshmark? Sign up with code REGGIE88188 & get $10 off first purchase