She Matters: A Life in Friendships (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781439190609)

From the bestselling "immensely gifted" (Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times) author of Her Last Death comes a fearless, compulsively readable, intensely provocative book about female friendships.

THE BEST FRIEND WHO BROKE UP WITH YOU. The older girl at school you worshipped. The friend who betrayed you. The friend you betrayed. Companions in travel, in discovery, in motherhood, in grief; the mentor, the model, the rescuer, the guide, the little sister. These have been the friends in Susanna Sonnenberg's life, women tender, dominant, and crucial.

Searing and superbly written, Sonnenberg's She Matters: A Life in Friendships illuminates the friendships that have influenced, nourished, inspired, and haunted her--and sometimes torn her apart. Each has its own lessons that Sonnenberg seeks to understand. Her method is investigative and ruminative; her result, fearlessly observed portraits of friendships that will inspire all readers to consider the complexities of their own relationships. This electric book is testimony to the emotional bonds between women, whether shattered, shaky, or unbreakable.

Author: Susanna Sonnenberg
ISBN-10: 1439190607
ISBN-13: 9781439190609
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
Language: English
Published: 09/10/2013
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.50w x 0.80d

Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 10/20/2013 pg. 28