When Friendship Hurts: How to Deal With Friends Who Betray, Abandon, or Wound You

by Jan Yager
When Friendship Hurts: How to Deal With Friends Who Betray, Abandon, or Wound You
published
June 18th 2002 by Fireside
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Paperback, 240 pages

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0743211456   (isbn13: 9780743211451)

description
Does anything hurt worse than betrayal by a close friend? Sociologist and friendship expert Jan Yager (Friendshifts: The Power of Friendship and How It Shapes Our Lives)...more





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Sandra
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04/03/08

Read in April, 2008
I picked this book up at the library to help deal with some friendship issues I'm having. While the book had a lot of interesting things, there wasn't a lot that helped me with what I'm going through.

I found it strange that the author interviewed a lot of people with horrible childhoods riddled with child abuse. There seem to be a lot of people having these types of abuse stories in such a small class of people she interviewed (180). Also, it seemed that the people responding back to he...more
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Diana
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11/17/08

Read in November, 2008
Very interesting exploration into the basics of friendship from a researchers point of view. Good pointers on how to tell when a friendship has become unhealthy, how to fix it, or how to end it and when to do each.

I wanted help to understand my relationship with my sister.
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muhammad iqbal
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07/15/08

Has a copy to sell/swap — Read in January, 2006
recommends it for: psikolog, smua orang baik
cara2 milih temen...
jadi, menurut buku ini, kita gak harus baik sama smua orang, malah disaranin jangan baik sm smua orang coz ada kalanya kita yg dimanfaatin...
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Sue
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12/13/07

Read in December, 2007
recommends it for: anyone who lost/is losing a friend
I was reminded that friendship is voluntary and that it's okay to let a friend go even though it hurts.
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