The Other Significant Others : Reimagining Life with Friendship at the Center

NATIONAL BESTSELLERAN INDIE BESTSELLER"The Other Significant Others...fundamentally, it's become my new Bible." - Trevor Noah"An arresting work of compassion and insight." -Lori Gottlieb"I loved and recommend [The Other Significant Others] to everybody." -Ezra Klein"I feel like I've been waiting for this book for my entire adult life." -Anne Helen PetersenWhy do we assume romantic relationships are more important than friendships? What do we lose when we expect a spouse to meet all our needs? And what can we learn about commitment, love, and family from people who put deep friendship at the center of their lives?In The Other Significant Others, NPR's Rhaina Cohen invites us into the lives of people who have defied convention by choosing a friend as a life partner-these are friends who are home co-owners, co-parents or each other's caregivers. Their riveting stories unsettle widespread assumptions about relationships, including the idea that sex is a defining feature of partnership and