Neighbors

The Real Thing collection

By: Elizabeth LaBan, Melissa DePino

Narrated by: Melissa DePino, Elizabeth LaBan

Length: 1 hr and 1 min

Publisher's summary

From next-door neighbors to BFFs, Pretty Little World coauthors Elizabeth LaBan and Melissa DePino share how they became each other’s “person”, proving that friends can be the greatest loves of our lives.

Sometimes our soul mates live down the street. Melissa finds hers when she opens the door for her new neighbor, Elizabeth. Over many years, their lives become intertwined as they support each other through pregnancy and motherhood, divorce, bereavement, and starting over. This is the story of finding a life partner under a different roof.

Neighbors is part of The Real Thing, a collection of moving, hilarious, and big-hearted essays on the modern realities of friendship, romance, commitment, and love. Each story can be listened to in a single sitting.

©2018 Melissa DePino and Elizabeth LaBan (P)2018 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

Great story!

This really brings out the need for women to have true friends. Hearing this account from both perspectives is really a great listen and gives the women such depth.

Complete Friends

Enjoyed the story and the wonderful performance of intertwined lives of two women who happened to move next to each other and became "soul sisters" forever. Nicely done!

A beautiful portrayal of friendship

Having recently lost my best friend and person of 35 years, this story hit me right in the feels. Very well done ladies! Thank you for sharing your story!

Women's Friendships Are Most Important

I liked this series of vignettes about the friendship between two female neighbors, moms, allies. Spouses aren't always meant to be our best friends and this book discusses the relationships that can be just as important, at times, to stay-at-home moms in particular. The writers were the narrators and at times the vocal performance was boring, like they were just reading the words. Overall, a good story and a quick audio book.

The friendship we all hope for

This is a lovely story of two women meeting and supporting each other through their struggles.

so true

the book is so true I have dear friends in my life and some of us have parted we don't see each other very often but when we do it's like we never we're away from each other .
we've helped each other through many hard times and had many good times nice to hear a story about the love that woman can have with a dear friend

I enjoyed this telling.

I enjoyed the sharing of the hearts of these two women. I'm glad they are still good friends.

The realities of friendship...

Enjoyed the story (and performances) that show how interwoven two lives can become... and how quickly a relationship can dismantle. Remembering to always be respectful to others goes a long ways to building... and rebuilding relationships.

A brilliant story of female friendship.

There are so many dynamics brought into any friendship and this story shared parts many of us would never share with others. Leban’s and DePino’s willingness to let us in on such turbulent and vulnerable times is a blessing. I feel blessed to have the opportunity to listen to their peaks and valleys; creating a safe space for the two of them to thrive.

Meh

Maybe it's because I'm someone that has always been somewhat fluid in my friendships, but I just wasn't invested in this. I'm happy these women have found a way to make it work but to be weeping when your friend is moving away felt excessive. I love and value my friends, but I also never worry about losing them because I know friendship isn't about distance.