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Do I have enough friends? Why did my friendship end? and What makes a good friendship work? These are questions that F. Diane Barth, a psychotherapist widely recognized for her expertise in women's relationships, fields all the time. In I Know How You Feel, she draws out engaging stories from a lively and diverse cast of women, many of whom speak about feelings they haven't shared before. She explores how life changes affect women's friendships in subtle and not-so-subtle ways. Interweaving examples from classic women's literature to chick flicks, she provides grounded advice on how to manage betrayal and rejection, how to deal with a narcissistic or bossy friend, what to do when your best friend and your family don't get along, how to let go of a friendship that has stopped working, and much more. A timely, empathetic guide for women in their twenties to their sixties and beyond.

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Diane Barth helps us honor the richness, the joys, the everyday sustenance women's friendships give, as well as the complications and difficulties these intimate friendships can engender. A smart guide for women of all ages. -- Susie Orbach, author of Fat Is a Feminist Issue Diane Barth's chapter on loss and rejection is incredibly insightful. I found it especially helpful in thinking about past relationships that didn't seem to have a proper end. -- Gabourey Sidibe, author of This Is Just My Face I Know How You Feel is a smart, perceptive, and complex study of women's friendships and how they enhance, color in, and shape our lives. -- Susan Shapiro, author of Unhooked In I Know How You Feel, Diane Barth refuses easy assumptions and definitions about women's friendships. The result is a gorgeous and vital exploration of the landscape of women's desire, capacity, and essential need for connection with other women. -- Victoria Redel, author of Before Everything A friendly, supportive guide for navigating relationships. -- Kirkus Reviews Barth's engaging guide introduces readers to many types of women and ideas and contains timely advice for anyone who wants to befriend a woman. -- Library Journal

"I Know How You Feel is a smart, perceptive, and complex study of women's friendships and how they enhance, color in, and shape our lives. -- ""Susan Shapiro, author of Unhooked"" A friendly, supportive guide for navigating relationships. -- ""Kirkus Reviews"" Barth's engaging guide introduces readers to many types of women and ideas and contains timely advice for anyone who wants to befriend a woman. -- ""Library Journal"" Diane Barth helps us honor the richness, the joys, the everyday sustenance women's friendships give, as well as the complications and difficulties these intimate friendships can engender. A smart guide for women of all ages. -- ""Susie Orbach, author of Fat Is a Feminist Issue"" Diane Barth's chapter on loss and rejection is incredibly insightful. I found it especially helpful in thinking about past relationships that didn't seem to have a proper end. -- ""Gabourey Sidibe, author of This Is Just My Face"" In I Know How You Feel, Diane Barth refuses easy assumptions and definitions about women's friendships. The result is a gorgeous and vital exploration of the landscape of women's desire, capacity, and essential need for connection with other women. -- ""Victoria Redel, author of Before Everything"""

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F. Diane Barth has worked as a psychotherapist in New York City for more than three decades. Her much-read Psychology Today blog is often on the subject of women's friendships. Erin Bennett is an Earphones Award-winning narrator and a stage actress who played Carlie Roberts in the BBC radio drama Torchwood: Submission. She can be heard on several video games. Regional theater appearances include the Intiman, Pasadena Playhouse, Arizona Theatre Company, A Noise Within, Laguna Playhouse, and the Getty Villa. She trained at Boston University and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.

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