Estranged: How Strained Female Friendships Are Mended or Ended by Susan Shapiro Barash

★★★★ ☐ The publisher has provided a copy for review.
Oh boy. Or should that be, Oh, girl?

Female friendships can be high maintenance. Mostly, they're worth it. 

But what if a relationships sours or is poisoned by ghosting and spite? What do you do when a former friend responds to you with quarrels, jealousy or other conflict? Sometimes it's better not to try to resuscitate what's dead.

This practical and storied book examines how friendships develop, are shaped, paused, and terminated. Barash gives practical and personal counsel for recognizing when a female friendship is over or nearing its end. 

Well worth reading, whether you've just been frozen or kicked out of a relationships - or whether you're mentoring and counseling women whose hearts are breaking, along with their trust in someone they counted on.