You're the Only One I Can Tell, 9780349012193
Paperback
Decoding women’s friendships: connection, competition, communication, and potential minefields.

You're the Only One I Can Tell

inside the language of women's friendships

  • Paperback

    304 pages

  • Release Date

    5 August 2019

Summary

The Language of Friendship: Decoding Women’s Connections

Deborah Tannen’s bestselling YOU JUST DON’T UNDERSTAND: CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN WOMEN AND MEN made us aware of the deep and subtle meanings behind the words we say. She has since explored the way we talk at work, in arguments, to our mothers and our daughters.

Now she turns to that most intense, precious and potential minefield: women’s friendships.

Best friend, old friend, good…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780349012193
ISBN-10:0349012199
Author:Deborah Tannen
Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint:Virago Press Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:304
Release Date:5 August 2019
Weight:240g
Dimensions:196mm x 126mm x 24mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

A wealth of cultural insight … men will enjoy and profit from this book as much as women will … What a rich diversity of stories Tannen tells

Tannen has a marvelous ear for the way real people express themselves, and a scientist’s command of the inner structures of speech and human relationships

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About The Author

Deborah Tannen

Deborah Tannen is the acclaimed author of You Just Don’t Understand, which was on the New York Times bestseller list for nearly four years including eight months as number 1; You’re Wearing THAT?: Understanding Mothers and Daughters in Conversation; I Only Say This Because I Love You: Talking to Your Parents, Partner and That’s Not What I Meant! A professor of linguistics at Georgetown University, she has written for and been featured in newspapers and magazines such as the New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, Time and Newsweek. She lives with her husband in the Washington, DC area.

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