I know how you feel : the joy and heartbreak of friendship in women's lives / F. Diane Barth.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barth, F. Diane, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Female friendship.

Women--Psychology.

Women.

Interpersonal relations.

Local Subjects:

Women--Psychology.

Interpersonal relations.

Female friendship.

Physical Description:

xiii, 238 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2018.

Summary:

"'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 with a narcissistic or bossy friend, what to do when your best friend and your family don't get along, how to let go of a friendship that has stopped working, and much more."--Dust jacket.

Contents:

Introduction

1. How should a friendship begin?

2. What are women's friendships?

3. Friends and family: one we choose, one we don't

4. Disillusionment, betrayal, and rejection

5. The joy of belonging, the pain of exclusion: groups, clubs, and cliques

6. How many friends do you need?

7. Should friends give advice to friends?

8. With friends like this, who needs enemies?: competition between friends

9. Sexual tension in women's friendships

10. Do good boundaries make bad friends?

11. Why do women friends hold grudges forever?: managing anger, judgment, and shame

12. A hole in your heart: dealing with endings and losses

13. The special joy of "friendship wisdom."

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-227) and index.

ISBN:

9780544870277

0544870271

OCLC:

967028933