I grew up loving novels about unforgettable friendships. Movies, too. To me it was heaven to be Tom Sawyer, but only because of Huck. Growing up in Scotland, I remember finding The Country Girls by Edna O’Brien and feeling gripped by the friendship of Cait and Baba. In Rob Reiner’s 1980s classic Stand By Me one of the characters sums the whole thing up: ‘I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was twelve.’ …
Recent Comments