"Women’s friendships and connections are traditionally viewed as strong, faithful, ideally lifelong. But the reality is disturbing: initially intimate friendships can suddenly turn sour and end in dances of avoidance in which phone calls aren’t returned and vague excuses are made. Magazine columnist Pryor candidly examines the strangely conflicted nature of women’s friendships. “Women’s love and commitment to one another is abounding,” she writes, “yet when friendships end, we show little to no respect or honor for that which has enriched, supported, and even prolonged our lives.” The book is written in a highly personal style and contains intimate anecdotes from her own experience. Even more touching, she genuinely cares for the women she has interviewed, who are heartbroken or confused over the loss of longstanding friendships. Pryor makes some pragmatic suggestions about how to draw back from problematic friends yet communicate caring and respect. She shows that the strongest friendships can come full circle and that while circumstances and lifestyle differences can separate women, it’s not impossible for reconnections to occur. Pryor believes that emotional honesty is critical in allowing women to feel good about themselves and their friendship decisions."
- Publisher’s Weekly, Feb. 27, 2006

"In her frank, insightful book, Liz Pryor offers empathetic portraits of lost friendships, revealing the myriad ways women make and unmake friends. By gently encouraging readers to listen to 'the truth that lives within each of us,' she proves that even in the failure of a friendship, there is opportunity for growth and renewal." - Emily Chenoweth, contributing author to The Friend Who Got Away

“A bold, important, groundbreaking book that just happens to read like a conversation with your best girl friend. Liz Pryor has hit on the dirty little secret of womankind and tells her own story and others’ in sprightly, smooth, down-to-earth prose, alternately confiding and tough, always appealing.”
- Julie Smith, author of the Talba Wallis and Skip Langdon novels

“Liz Pryor's engaging, readable book, like Sex and the City, emphasizes the importance of female bonding and empowers women to recognize and honor the profound importance of their friendships with other women. Indeed, this important book fills the gap about an unspoken issue that all thinking women, if they're honest, will admit to having experienced. Liz Pryor is the kind of girlfriend any woman would be lucky to have, and her book is full of the kind of wisdom that makes friendships with other women so important.”
- Rosemary Daniell, author of Secrets of the the Zona Rosa: How Writing (and Sisterhood) Can Change Women's Lives