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Comrades
Comrades

Comrades

A Lifetime of Friendships

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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY

288 Pages, 5.06 x 7.81

Formats: Trade Paper

Trade Paper, $19.95 (US $19.95)

Publication Date: September 2022

ISBN 9781529176940

Rights: US

Penguin Random House UK (Sep 2022)
Penguin

Price: $19.95
 
 

Overview

Exploring the many and varied friendships that have shaped her life, Comrades is the stunning new essay collection from the critically acclaimed author of Elsewhere. For fans of Emilie Pine and Elizabeth Day.

'My dictionary's first two definitions of 'comrade' are:

A close companion.
An intimate associate or friend.

The third one is:
A fellow soldier.

My friends have been all those things to me.'


In this stunning essay collection, award-winning journalist Rosita Boland explores the many friendships that have shaped her life. Surprising and beautiful, she writes about the imaginary friends of early childhood, books that have provided companionship and joy, kindred spirits met while traveling, the friend she hoped might become something more, and also the friendships that become lost over time.

Life-affirming, affecting and wise, Comrades is a powerful exploration of what it is to live, to connect, and to be human in this world.

Reviews

"I was fascinated, moved and entertained by every page. This is the kind of book the world needs right now." —Donal Ryan, author, Strange Flowers

Author Biography

Rosita Boland is a senior features writer at the Irish Times, specializing in human interest stories. She was a 2009 Nieman Fellow at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University. She won 'Journalist of the Year' at the 2018 Newsbrands Ireland journalism awards.