{ "item_title" : "The Friend We Need", "item_author" : [" Matthew R. Wright "], "item_description" : "What does it really mean to show up for another person-and how do we do it without losing ourselves?After losing his sister to cancer, Matthew R. Wright believed he had learned how to move forward. He went back to work, entered relationships, built a life, led others, and kept moving.What he did not understand was that surviving was not the same as healing.For years, grief he had never fully recognized or processed quietly shaped the way he experienced friendship, love, conflict, trust, loss, and even himself. It influenced the relationships he stayed in, the ways he withdrew, the expectations he placed on others, and the choices he made while believing he was simply moving on with life.Years later, another major loss removed the distractions that had helped keep that grief buried and forced him to finally confront what he had been carrying.The Friend We Need grew from that reckoning.Through deeply personal stories of grief, heartbreak, friendship, family, broken trust, boundaries, forgiveness, accountability, and starting over, Matthew examines how unresolved pain can cloud our judgment, shape our relationships, and influence the way we show up for the people we love.Along the way, two questions changed everything: What kind of friend did I need in my worst moments? How do I be that friend to someone else in need?That question becomes the foundation for a much larger exploration of what people truly need from one another when life becomes difficult.This book is for anyone who has ever: struggled to understand why an old wound still affects the presentquestioned whether a friendship or relationship is still healthyfound it difficult to set boundaries without feeling guiltytried to support someone through grief, heartbreak, uncertainty, or major changewondered how to help someone without trying to fix or control themheard an apology but needed to see meaningful changestruggled with trust, forgiveness, communication, or repeated relationship patternsstayed in something painful because love was still presentfelt alone even while surrounded by people who caredrealized that unresolved pain may be influencing the way they treat themselves or othersThrough Matthew's story, readers are invited to consider: the difference between surviving and actually healinghow unprocessed grief can quietly shape relationships and decision-makingwhy love and emotional capacity are not always the same thingthe difference between history, closeness, and genuine emotional intimacyhow to listen in a way that helps someone feel understood instead of managedwhy honesty, apology, forgiveness, reconciliation, and repair are not interchangeablehow boundaries can protect relationships rather than simply end themwhen supporting someone begins to cross into enabling or self-abandonmenthow unresolved pain can affect friendships, romantic relationships, and family dynamicswhat it means to become a safer, more present person for others-and for yourselfThe Friend We Need is not a step-by-step self-help manual and does not pretend to offer easy answers. It is a memoir and an honest conversation about what our pain can do when we do not understand it, what our relationships reveal about us, and what becomes possible when we finally become willing to look inward.Because sometimes the wounds we think we survived are still shaping the way we live.And sometimes learning how to become the friend someone else needs begins with recognizing the parts of ourselves that still need one too.", "item_img_path" : "https://covers2.booksamillion.com/covers/bam/9/79/819/108/9798191083841_b.jpg", "price_data" : { "retail_price" : "17.97", "online_price" : "17.97", "our_price" : "17.97", "club_price" : "17.97", "savings_pct" : "0", "savings_amt" : "0.00", "club_savings_pct" : "0", "club_savings_amt" : "0.00", "discount_pct" : "10", "store_price" : "" } }

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