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

Author: Jenny Offill; Elissa Schappell
Publisher: New York : Doubleday, 2005.
Edition/Format: Book : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
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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  Read more...
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Jenny Offill; Elissa Schappell
ISBN: 0385511868 9780385511865
OCLC Number: 56510319
Description: xxi, 294 p. ; 24 cm.
Other Titles: Twenty women's true-life tales of friendships that blew up, burned out, or faded away
Responsibility: edited by Jenny Offill and Elissa Schappell ; introd. by Francine Prose.
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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.

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