the darlings are forever by melissa kantor

In early drafts of the book, these girls were perfect. So it’s really satisfying (because it feels very real to me) to write about a time in these girls’ lives when they’re trying to find time for each other, when they’re trying to be good to each other, but when they don’t yet quite realize how delicate and precious friendship is.ĭo you draw on any of your own personal experiences in THE DARLINGS ARE FOREVER? That these girls and women absolutely shaped me, that the boys I liked or was liked by had completely disappeared (even from the rear-view mirror), while the girls who had walked and talked me through those crushes and relationships were still central to my life. It wasn’t until I got to college and had a friend who really, truly put friends before boys that I saw how important my friendships were. Did Boy A like me? Did I like Boy B? Why did the boys I liked never seem to like me back? Why did the boys who liked me never seem worth liking? My friends and I probably logged about a a million hours (at least) talking about boys, but somehow I had the idea that the people I spent a million hours talking to were somehow less important to me than the boy I was talking about (even though that boy changed monthly, if not hourly). The really important stuff (I thought) was boys. And second, that I always thought of them (to the extent that I thought of them at all) as background noise. First, that my friends were wildly, tremendously, insanely important. When I look back at my life in high school, I feel very aware of two things. What made you decide to write a book that tackles some of these issues about friendship?

I haven’t had a chance to read this book yet (though I’ve only heard positive things about it), but it’s up next on my to-read list! I love books about best friends and the difficulties of maintaining friendships as we grow up, so I know I’ll be in for a treat with this book.įriendships aren’t always easy to maintain, especially as people get older and grow apart.

Today, I’m very excited to welcome author Melissa Kantor to the blog to chat about her latest book THE DARLINGS ARE FOREVER.

The darlings are forever by melissa kantor