The Friend who Got Away: Twenty Women's True-life Tales of Friendships that Blew Up, Burned Out, Or Faded Away

The Friend who Got Away: Twenty Women's True-life Tales of Friendships that Blew Up, Burned Out, Or Faded Away
ISBN-10
0767917197
ISBN-13
9780767917193
Category
Friendship
Pages
322
Language
English
Published
2005
Publisher
Random House Digital, Inc.
Authors
Jenny Offill, Elissa Schappell

Description

A collection of essays about the loss of friendship features works by Francine Prose, Dorothy Allison, Katie Roiphe, Ann Hood, Vivian Gornick, and others who write about relationships that dissolved over a gradual period, sudden breakups, or otherwise eroded powerful bonds between once inseparable companions. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.

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