In a recent Detroit Free Press article, author and speaker Mardi Jo Link talked about the importance of friendship and how it inspired her fifth book, The Drummond Girls: A Story of Fierce Friendship Beyond Time and Chance.
The book, actually a memoir of Mardi’s own ladies-only weekends on Drummond Island, Michigan, is due to be published in July 2015. It explores the complex and crucial relationships of eight different women who have formed tight friendships on their annual trips to the island. Without the stresses of husbands, kids, and work, the women cry, laugh, and flourish in each other’s company.
Author Mardi Jo Link
The “ferocity” of the friendship may be hard for some (like the Drummond Girls’ husbands) to understand, but for Mardi Jo, it was imperative that the significance of such a relationship came through in the book.
“It’s something that really is necessary in your life,” she explained, “and I hope that it makes people think differently about their own friendships and value them more. You know, we have a Mother’s Day, a Father’s Day, Valentine’s Day, but there really is no day to celebrate our friends.”
Mardi Jo Link is a Traverse City resident and author of several bestselling novels including Bootstrapper: From Broke to Badass (Knpof, 2013) and Isadore’s Secret (University of Michigan Press, 2009). To invite Ms. Link to speak at your next event, contact Books In Common.
