Friendship

Jojo Moyes holds female friendships in high esteem, regarding them as a basic necessity, in Someone Else’s Shoes. Moyes exemplifies the need for friendship through several lenses. She highlights Sam and Andrea’s relationship as the healthiest and strongest relationship in the novel. She also details Nisha’s lack of friends, which becomes increasingly more problematic for Nisha as her story progresses. Moyes believes that friendships are just as essential as food and water.

Sam and Andrea portray the vital need for friendship with their long-term, stable relationship. Sam and Andrea celebrate each other’s victories as if they were their own. After Andrea discovers that she is cancer-free, the women celebrate together. Sam admits, “I was so afraid of losing you…I didn’t know how I’d get through everything without you” (313). When Sam gets a new job, both Sam and Andrea hug...