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In 1979, Liz Pryor, a good girl from a privileged Chicago family,
discovered that she was pregnant. At only 17 years old, her parents
were determined to keep this shameful event secret from everyone,
even her siblings. One snowy January day, after driving across
three states, her mother dropped her off at what Liz believed was a
Catholic home for unwed mothers, but was in fact a locked state
facility for delinquent pregnant girls. Over the next six months,
alone and isolated from everyone she knew, Liz developed a
surprising bond of friendship with the other girls, which led her
to question everything she once held true. Told with tenderness,
humour and candour, Look at You Now is a deeply moving
coming-of-age story that pays tribute to the triumph of the human
spirit in times of adversity, and the transcendent power of
friendship in the toughest of times.
STORIES AND SOLUTIONS FROM GOOD MORNING AMERICA'S ADVICE GURU
It happens without warning, and it devastates you: Your closest
girlfriend cuts you off completely. No more late-night phone calls
and emails, no more catch-up lunches and dinners. She has decided
for whatever reason to move on with her life and has left you to
try to make sense of what happened. The experience can be as
painful as the death of a loved one and as confusing as an
unexpected breakup with a significant other. You replay scenes from
the friendship and wonder what you did wrong. You've lost a loved
one and you don't know what to do.
Now, "What Did I Do Wrong? "gives voice to this painful, common,
yet rarely discussed phenomenon and provides a resource--and some
answers--that you can rely on. Relationship expert Liz Pryor has
had a number of these breakups herself, and so she set out to
discover why they were happening in order to help herself--and
others--get through the pain and prevent it from happening again.
Through personal interviews and her popular website, lizpryor.com,
Pryor collected hundreds of stories of friendships gone wrong. She
draws on those stories to explore the dynamics of friendship
breakups in a candid, intimate way, revealing the patterns, the
warning signs, and some ways to put a friendship right or help it
change so that it meets your friend's and your changing lives. She
also explains how to end a friendship--if you find that "you "need
to do so--in ways that honor both parties' feelings and your
history together.
Like the best kind of girlfriend--one who really "will "stay
friends forever--Pryor blends plain, old-fashioned, feminine good
sense and good humor with genuine empathy for the thousands of
women who live with the confusion and anxiety that linger after the
sting of an ended friendship. "What Did I Do Wrong? "will validate
your feelings and inspire you to be more forthright and
compassionate with new and old friends. You will be moved and
uplifted by the many stories of strong friendships, broken
friendships, and renewed friendships that make this book a treasure
of women's wisdom and experiences.
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