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‘You Look Great’ and Other Lies

By Bruce Feiler — 2011

Here are six things you should never say to a friend (or relative or colleague) who’s sick. And four things you can always say.

Read on www.nytimes.com

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The Greatest Beer Run Ever: A Memoir of Friendship, Loyalty, and War

One night in 1967, twenty-six-year-old John Donohue—known as Chick—was out with friends, drinking in a New York City bar. The friends gathered there had lost loved ones in Vietnam. Now they watched as antiwar protesters turned on the troops themselves.

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John "Chick" Donohue, J.T. Molloy
2021
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Loving Your Friend Through Cancer: Moving Beyond “I’m Sorry” to Meaningful Support

“It’s cancer.” When you hear the two words you dread most from someone you care about, you know at once that your friend’s life has been turned upside down. Whether she’s a good friend, a best friend, or just an acquaintance, you want to be supportive.

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Marissa Henley
2025
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We meet no ordinary people in our lives.

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C. S. Lewis
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There Is No Good Card for This: What to Say and Do When Life Is Scary, Awful, and Unfair to People You Love

The creator of the viral hit “Empathy Cards” teams up with a compassion expert to produce a visually stunning and groundbreaking illustrated guide to help you increase your emotional intelligence and learn how to offer comfort and support when someone you know is in pain.

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Kelsey Crowe, Emily McDowell
2017
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Fabulous Friendship Festival: Loving Wildly, Learning Deeply, Living Fully with Our Friends

Create new friendships, deliciously celebrate the ones you have, practice new ways to be a better friend . . . with others and yourself.

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SARK
2007
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Redefined - Jean Oelwang

Jean Oelwang, president and CEO of Virgin Unite, spent fifteen years interviewing sixty-five prominent pairs, including Ben and Jerry, Leah and Archbishop Desmond Tutu, and Rosalynn and President Jimmy Carter.

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Redefined with Zainab Salbi
2022
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The Soul of Care: The Moral Education of a Husband and a Doctor

When Dr. Arthur Kleinman, an eminent Harvard psychiatrist and social anthropologist, began caring for his wife, Joan, after she was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease, he found just how far the act of caregiving extended beyond the boundaries of medicine.

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Arthur Kleinman
2019
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Lucky

From tragedy to triumph, one step at a time—an inspirational story of triumph over adversity against the odds At just 28 years old, Ed Jackson was told he would never walk again.

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Ed Jackson
2022
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3 Qualities of Lasting Friendships (Making and Keeping Autistic Friends)

Autistic friends can be some of the best you'll ever have. It turns out there are some qualities of lasting friendships.

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2020
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Life’s Last Gift: Giving and Receiving Peace When a Loved One Is Dying

After four decades of training volunteers to sit at the bedsides of the dying, psychologist and Shanti founder Charles Garfield has created an essential guide for friends, family, and healthcare professionals who want to ease someone’s final days but don’t know where to begin.

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Charles Garfield
2017
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