From the sweet first friendships of girlhood to the deep, sometimes complicated friendships of womanhood, we talk about what Friendship is, why we need it, and how it relates to Community. This episode also features a short and sweet interview with Amanda’s daughter, Ruby, talking about one of her favorite friendship books and great quotes from Guroain, Aristotle, and CS Lewis! We wrap up with what is a classic – they are much more than their age but we had to crack a joke or two!

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Other Episodes Mentioned in this Episode:

Ep 4 Wholesome Romantic Recommendations. No Smut Allowed!

Ep 50 The Men of Book Fare: Our Well-Read Husbands and Their Recommendations

Ep 51 Books About Books for Book Lovers on Valentine’s Day

Ep. 38 Heidi White and the Glory of the Classics

Books Mentioned in this Episode:

Tending the Heart of Virtue: How Classic Stories Awaken a Child’s Moral Imagination by Vigen Guroain

Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame

Charlotte’s Web by EB White

Bambi by Felix Salten *there’s a beautifully illustrated version by Barbara Cooney

Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery

Anne’s House of Dreams by LM Montgomery

Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith

Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

Betsy-Tacy by Maud Hart Lovelace

Just As Long As We’re Together by Judy Blume

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Do you love books or do you want to? Are you tired of reading in a vacuum and struggling to find good books? Has motherhood somehow made your brain a dusty shamble?

Friend, you are in the right place! Book Fare Podcast is here to help you find great books that you will LOVE and a community to share them with, all while nurturing your own brain and helping you create a culture of reading in your life and family.

We are Elizabeth, Tricia, and Amanda, and we are here to help you do just that!

We’re not academics or scholars. We’re just three women, mamas, and friends who believe in the power of great books to grow our minds and hearts and those of our children. We have all been through seasons when we barely read and seasons when our brains felt left-behind. We have struggled to find the right things to read and people to talk about them with. But through our experiences with different book clubs, in-person and online, and dedicated reading through the years, we have started to crack the formula for keeping great books in our lives and families through all seasons. We love this journey, and we are on it with you.

That’s why we started Book Fare - to create a safe and welcoming place for women who care about the content of what they read- an exciting book club that combines FUN with truth, goodness and beauty!

So… from newbie readers to seasoned bibliophiles, from beach reads to Beowulf, from new releases to classic literature and everything in between- we are here to explore and curate reading content for you and your family.

Together, we will laugh and think our way through all that good and great literature has to offer. We will seek virtue and values through literature and training our affections one dog-eared, coffee-stained and child-graffitied book at a time!