Girls' Club: Cultivating Lasting Friendship in a Lonely World

I recently discovered Sally Clarkson's parenting books and have fallen in love with her grace infused style of writing. I was so excited to hear that she was releasing a book with her two daughters on the meaningful impact friendship can have on a woman's life. This book does not disappoint. It gives clear guidance and encouragement on how to handle some of the difficult aspects of friendships and how to overcome the loneliness so many of us feel in the depths of our souls. As a mom of four daughters, I loved hearing Sally's daughters insights on friendships in general, but especially on their friendship with their mom. Highly recommend this book!

In the preview chapters I received as part of the launch team I fell in love again with another Clarkson book! This timely and much needed book about the need for real, tangible, soul fulfilling friendships in a world that is profoundly lonely and longing for connection that just can't be reached through social media is absolutely amazing and needs to be shared with all! This book shares all 3 of their own personal journeys in friendship to encourage, challenge and inspire us all (married and single) to reach out to people in the real world and cultivate friendships and to understand that you can be loved, are loved, and can extend love to others because the creator of all things made you and loves you immensely. This book is very timely and I cannot wait for it's message to be heard throughout the world❤️

If you feel lonely and trapped and don’t know why, this book answers that in Chapter 2 very eloquently by Sarah. The rest of the book is:“the practices of a holy rebellion that we in the Girls’ Club have learned to live by as we combat the isolating patterns of life in a far-too-busy world. It’s a work of constant reevaluation as we repeatedly examine our lives, our habits, our exhaustion, asking ourselves how we can step out of a frenzied loneliness and into a present connection...”What we get from Sally and her adult, best friend daughters, is a personal testimony of their own journey through loneliness and practical ideas of how to initiate friendships, stop listening to the inner head talk that we aren’t lovable, and reach forward in hope.I also purchased the Girls’ Club Companion that has specific exercises/questions that can be done with any committed friend…..to make that friendship go deep. The Clarkson women have made the pathway clear and so helpful.Thank you Sally, Sarah, & Joy! You are a catalyst to a powerful sisterhood rebellion!

Oh my, what beautiful thoughts and sentiments are expressed by such wonderful thinkers and writers in just one book! I love seeing the perspective that each lovely soul brings to this subject of friendship among women. It is even more heartwarming to realize that they are mother and daughters. They show us that it is possible to build friendships within our family and to build lasting relationships with friends that go deep and benefit us in ways that are not only pleasant but necessary to the quality of our lives. I came away inspired to try harder to develop lasting friendships with other women and with some tools to help me do that.

Another beautiful, relevant message from the Clarkson family. Written from the perspective of three different women - a mother and her two daughters, each in different seasons of life - it gives a rich, dynamic discussion to meet readers of all life stages. Covering the inescapable pain of loneliness, the invaluable gift of life-long friendship, and practical ideas for cultivating relationships in your own life, this book gets to the heart of the issue. I am looking forward to the ways this book enriches my ability to not just discover stronger friendships, but also to be a better friend to the women in my life. A beautiful book - recommend for mothers and daughters, books clubs, sisters, MOPS, and more!

Friendship is a gift and a treasure. It does not come easily and takes effort and time. That is something many are not willing to give today. But it is so worth it. The Clarkson women have seen the value of friendship and have written this book to help us know it’s value and then create those friendships. If you have not had a quality friend, this book will give you pointers on how to find, create, and sustain them. Friends, true friends, not the aquaintances you get likes from on Facebook, are a treasure- make the efforts to keep them!

In our busy states, consumed by all the things we have deemed urgent, we are faced with an epidemic of loneliness. The Girls’ Club Book addresses the value of cultivating true, deep, and lasting friendships from a Kingdom perspective. Filled with truth, heart warming stories, and a bit of honesty that can step on your toes and make you examine your own habits, this is a life-giving book that every Christian woman, young and old, should read, ponder, and act on.

We are all learning every single day. Sometimes we think we know how to be a friend or think, "I wish they would include me," or "I am a good friend!" God does not want us to be lonely, He wants us to embrace our friendships, cultivate them. Whose in your tribe? This book will help you find your purposeful goal of creating your own girls club, get out of being lonely and celebrate your friendships. With God all things are possible! Be an intentional friend... Take time for you & read this amazing book packed with personal stories & heart tugging real-life stuff! You'll be glad you did!

This is a book so needed in a world full of lonely people. I've met Sally, Sarah and Joy in real life and they're the real deal, truly practicing what they preach. This book is their love letter to the treasure that is female friendship but it's practical, not soppy, idealistic - yes, but full of achievable ideas and realistic advice and, most of all motivation and inspiration. Upon reading the first chapter, I was already picking up the phone to give my friendships some love, despite the piling up to do list, noticing my friends' concerns and needs more and thinking of little things to show their value to me. It's a beautiful book and I hope it has the impact it deserves too and that the world needs it to have :) I also love that it si written from 3 different voices and by 3 very different personalities.

Having recently discovered Joy Clarkson's wonderful podcast, Speaking with Joy, I was very excited to hear that she had written a book with her mother, Sally, and older sister, Sarah. It's a beautiful celebration of the power of women's friendship. I appreciated that honesty and vulnerability that all three brought to the book and thoroughly enjoyed their stories of how different friendships have impacted their lives. I particularly enjoyed Sarah & Joy's chapters and look forward to reading more from each of them.

Well written by all three

In our culture that prizes individuality above everything, which can lead to isolation, this book proposes a solution to combat loneliness. It celebrates friendships and offers practical advice on intentionally cultivating those. A winner.