Secrets and Confidences The Complicated Truth About Women's Friendships

Conventional wisdom says that friendships between women play out as either backstabbing competition or simplistic, best-friend-forever moments-with no gray area in between. Yet the simple truth about women's friendships is that they're never simple - a reality the diverse contributors in Secrets & Confidences explore with humor, empathy, and honesty. All women will be able to relate to this dynamic and thought-provoking anthology, which recounts the trauma of breaking up with a friend who has become toxic, explores the complexities of bonding through motherhood, and reflects on an unlikely friendship between a woman and her husband's ex-girlfriend. Mixed with laughter and tears, these stories move beyond the hype to celebrate the intricacy and intimacy of relationships between women. Book jacket.

Karen Eng is a freelance writer and editor whose work has been published in various magazines and anthologies, including Young Wives’ Tales and Women Who Eat. The editor and publisher of PekoPeko: a zine about food, she lives in Cambridge, England.