Intergenerational Friendships Rule

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When people around my age tell me that no one else their age has time to hang out, I have a go-to response: you need intergenerational friends! Older friends, younger friends, friends at a different (and often more flexible) life stage than you — it rules. I cherish my intergenerational friendships, and I'm thrilled to have Pulitzer Prize winner Andrew Sean Greer on the pod to talk about the legendary intergenerational friendship that inspired his new novel, Villa Coco, and help answer all your questions on cultivating these relationships in your own life. This episode will make you grateful for your existing age-spanning friendships and get you excited to make many, many more.

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Show Notes:

• Go buy Villa Coco right now: https://bookshop.org/a/56144/9780385551977
• Follow Andrew Sean Greer on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/asgreer/?hl=en

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