I know how you feel the joy and heartbreak of friendship in women's lives

"'Do I have enough friends?' 'Why did my friendship end?' and 'What makes a good friendship work?' ... [Sharing] stories from a ... diverse cast of women, many of whom speak about feelings they haven't shared before, ... [Barth provides] advice on how to manage betrayal and rejection, how to deal wi...

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Main Author: Barth, F. Diane (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2018.
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Table of Contents:
  • How should a friendship begin?
  • What are women's friendships?
  • Friends and family : one we choose, one we don't
  • Disillusionment, betrayal, and rejection
  • The joy of belonging, the pain of exclusion : groups, clubs, and cliques
  • How many friends do you need?
  • Should friends give advice to friends?
  • With friends like this, who needs enemies? : competition between friends
  • Sexual tension in women's friendships
  • Do good boundaries make bad friends?
  • Why do women friends hold grudges forever? : managing anger, judgment, and shame
  • A hole in your heart : dealing with endings and losses
  • The special joy of "friendship wisdom."