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When Friendship Hurts: How to Deal with Friends Who Betray, Abandon, or Wound You Audiobook
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We’ve all had friendships that have gone bad. Whether it takes the form of a simple yet inexplicable estrangement or a devastating betrayal, a failed friendship can make your life miserable, threaten your success at work or school, and even undermine your romantic relationships.
Finally there is help. In When Friendship Hurts, Jan Yager, recognized internationally as a leading expert on friendship, explores what causes friendships to falter and explains how to mend them — or end them. In this straightforward, illuminating book filled with dozens of quizzes and real-life examples, Yager covers all the bases, including:
The twenty-one types of negative friends — a rogues’ gallery featuring such familiar types as the Blood-sucker, the Fault-finder, the Promise Breaker, and the Copycat
How to recognize destructive friends as well as how to find ideal ones
The e-mail effect — how electronic communication has changed friendships for both the better and the worse
The misuse of friendship at work — how to deal with a co-worker’s lies, deceit, or attempts at revenge
How to stop obsessing about a failed friendship
And much more
The first highly prescriptive book to focus on the complexities of friendship, When Friendship Hurts demonstrates how, why, and when to let go of bad friends and how to develop the positive friendships that enrich our lives on every level. For everyone who has ever wondered about friends who betray, hurt, or reject them, this authoritative book provides invaluable insights and advice to resolve the problem once and for all.
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"I learned a lot from this original researcher who specializes in friendship. Fascinating insights into friendship, coupled with great advice on dealing with friendship and loss."
— Paula (4 out of 5 stars)
When Friendship Hurts Listener Reviews
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" A little simplistic, but some good advice and viewpoints. Presented in a little too much of a self-help "I wanna be Dr Phil" format. And amazingly glosses over some of the more subtle emotions you have towards friends. But still, worth the quick read. "
— Michael, 12/25/2013 -
" Excellent book on friendships, past and present! "
— Kynthia, 12/2/2013 -
" Totally transformed the way I relate to friends and helped me to identify the ones I can do without. "
— Nicole, 11/16/2013 -
" This book helped me move on from some broken friendships that had haunted me, and it helped me see where I need to work on my current friendships. "
— Summer, 6/24/2013 -
" ternyata biasa aja :) "
— lita, 5/27/2013 -
" S'ok. I guess I need to explore why I'm a loner now. Is that ok? Am I allowed to be a loner? Does that mean I'm some kind of freak? I must turn to pop psych to tell me I'm ok!! "
— Erin, 4/16/2013 -
" As I said before, nothing special. Has some good thoughts, but on the other side there is too much psychoanalytic content that I don't like... "
— Deja, 1/1/2013 -
" I heard the author on the radio discussing the book. The description was so interesting, I immediately put it on my wish list. "
— Latreviette, 10/5/2012 -
" I was reminded that friendship is voluntary and that it's okay to let a friend go even though it hurts. "
— Sue, 8/30/2012
About Tanya Eby
Tanya Eby is a novelist and an audiobook narrator who has earned several AudioFile Earphones Awards and been nominated for the Audie Award. She has a BA degree in English language and literature and an MFA in creative writing from the University of Southern Maine.