The friend who got away : twenty women's true-life tales of friendships that blew up, burned out, or faded away

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Label

The friend who got away : twenty women's true-life tales of friendships that blew up, burned out, or faded away

Title remainder

twenty women's true-life tales of friendships that blew up, burned out, or faded away

Statement of responsibility

edited by Jenny Offill and Elissa Schappell ; introd. by Francine Prose

Title variation

Twenty women's true-life tales of friendships that blew up, burned out, or faded away

Contributor

• Schappell, Elissa
• Offill, Jenny, 1968-

Subject

• Loss (Psychology)
• Separation (Psychology)
• Friendship

Language

eng

Summary

Losing a friend can be as painful and agonizing as a divorce or the end of a love affair, yet it is rarely written about or even discussed. This is the first anthology to address this near-universal experience, bringing together the voices of writers like Francine Prose, Katie Roiphe, Dorothy Allison, Elizabeth Strout, Ann Hood, Diana Abu-Jaber, Vivian Gornick, Helen Schulman, and many others. Some write of friends who have drifted away; others of sudden breakups that took them by surprise. Some even celebrate their liberation from unhealthy or destructive relationships. Yet at the heart of each story is the recognition of a loss that will never be forgotten.--From publisher description

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

158.2/5

Index

no index present

LC call number

BF575.F66

LC item number

F694 2005

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries