The Secret Language of Girlfriends: Talking Loudly, Laughing Wildly, and Making the Most of Our Most Important Friendships

by Karen Neuburger, Nadine Schiff

A joyful celebration of female friendship in all its wild, poignant, and inspirational glory aren Neuburger has spent the past ten years collecting stories of love, laughter, and inspiration between girlfriends from the thousands of women she comes in contact with through her work as the founder of an immensely popular lifestyle company. Often funny, sometimes sad, but always enlightening and uplifting, these testimonials show that in a world where women are constantly being pulled in several directions, they can always rely on their girlfriends to be there for them.

224 pages, Hardcover

First published April 1, 2005

Reviews

[Naomi · Rating 2 out of 5]

I found this book in a Little Free Library where I live and thought, "Yeah. Yep, sounds like a blast." It wasn't an actual blast. It was kind of wild and out there and crazy, but at the same time oh-so-serious, because this IS a real thing, but I'm not really that kind of girl, so it didn't speak to me that well. I felt 1, not that girly. I mean, I already knew that. I'm totally NOT a girlie-girl. I felt, 2, way out of my league financially, and 3, I don't drink or divorce or man hunt, so I can't relate. It was a funny book, it was a fun book, but not for me, because I didn't actually find it that funny or touching or fun. I think when I first saw it I wanted to feel how I felt when I read Reese Witherspoon's "Whiskey in a Teacup," which was also way more girlie than I will ever be, way over my head financially and socially, and never going to happen, but yet I was so curious to HEAR about it, and entertained learning about it. This wasn't that. But some girls out there are going to LOVE this. I have seen snippets of this actually going on in real life, and she's definitely onto it and most girls ARE into all of this. So I will absolutely put it back in the LFL and someone else will love it and pass it on to all of their Broad Squad, surely!

[Maureen Neylon · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not sure how this ended up in my bookshelf but it was stupid and really dated. I love books about the strength and importance of female friendships. This was written by a grown woman but the references all sounded like teenager cheerleaders. Focusing on girl time as doing hair & makeup, getting pretty for guys and drinking and flirting for attention. Weird.

[Kimberly · Rating 4 out of 5]

I won this book several years ago at a department store drawing for Karen Neuberger pajamas/nighties. It's light and fun--an excellent remember of the importance of female friendships for physical and emotional health. Fun!

[Lori Light · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very light and humerous reading. My best friend, Robbi, gave this to me on my 40th birthday.

[Rosalie Keysor · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute and Funny!