Among Friends: Who We Like, Why We Like Them, and What We Do with Them

From the back cover: "What makes a good friend?"When are women's friendships destructive, and when are they better than a love affair?"What do men friends talk about most - and what do they _never_ talk about? "What are the ten most common causes of tension between friends? "Can friends have sex and stay friends?"Letty Cottin Pogrebin answers these and hundreds of other provocative questions in _Among Friends_, a landmark book about friendship in all its pleasurable, problematical complexity. Deftly weaving fresh insights, eye-opening facts, and heart-warming anecdotes, Pogrebin draws on nearly 150 interviews and a vast body of research to analyze whom we choose as friends, how we make friends, and why some friendships crack under the smallest pressure while others last a lifetime...."You will enjoy this book if you are an extrovert who wants to learn more about how and why you get along with other people. On the other hand, this book will be of little relevance to solitary people who do not spend a lot of time in social settings. Letty Cottin Pogrebin has written several other interesting books, including _Growing up Free_ and _Family Politics_.