My Friends, the highly anticipated new book from beloved Swedish novelist Fredrik Backman, delivers on all you’d expect from a Backman novel – richly drawn characters, poignant emotions, and clever turns of phrase. The book consists of two parallel narratives, united by a painting, and features a vivid set of teenage characters that bring to life the power of transformative friendships.

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In 2019, podcast executive Jonathan Hirsch was suddenly thrust into what’s known as the “sandwich generation” – that group of adults simultaneously caring for their children and their parents. And in this compelling new memoir, we learn that in caring for his father, Hirsch not only had the usual set of responsibilities associated with an aging person who is struggling with dementia – he also was forced to confront, for the first time in 20 years, his family’s history and his father’s responsibility for entrenching them with a spiritual cult.

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Maddy Banks is a college student. An aspiring standup comic. And she has bipolar disorder. Lisa Genova, the author of this audiobook, is a Harvard-trained neuroscientist as well as a best-selling author, and many of her books tackle complex mental health issues in a human, accessible way, which really sets this story apart from so many other coming-of-age stories.

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