Publication

2006-05-09 - Broadway

Language

English

Word Count

80,000 words, Guess

Page Count

320 pages

Physical Format

Paperback

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100767917197
  • ISBN-139780767917193
  • LibraryThing35534
  • OCLC Control Number70135124
  • Open LibraryOL8064814M

Classifications

  • LCCBF575.F66 F694*

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.

First Sentence

MY MEMORY OF Stella, at nineteen, is neither as crisp nor as detailed as it should be.

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