The  friend who got away
Subtitle: twenty women's true-life tales of friendships that blew-up, burned out, or faded away
By: edited by Jenny Offill and Elissa Schappell ; introduction by Francine Prose
Contributors: Offill, Jenny, 1968-; Schappell, Elissa
Edition: 1st ed
Publisher: Doubleday
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 294
Subjects: Friendship; Loss (Psychology); Separation (Psychology)
Description: 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.