You're the Only One I Can Tell

Stemming from the question of a female friend, linguistics expert and professor Deborah Tannen turns her attention to the unique nature of female friendships. In narrating her own work, Tannen gives an assured performance, effectively blending her role as researcher and confidante. After all, she knows this material better than anyone, a fact that she carefully demonstrates through countless case studies and interviews. Tannen is an insider studying her own gender's communication patterns as well as her own firsthand experiences and personal observations, both positive and negative. Though men would surely benefit from Tannen's insights and research, her likely audience is women, all of whom will surely find some insights into their own friendships. A.S. � AudioFile 2017, Portland, Maine