Image courtesy of macmillan

Image courtesy of macmillan

As always, my friend Sarah over at Meryl L. Moss Media Relations, Inc. have sent me another awesome book for review.  This time the book is Toxic Friends: The Antidote for Women Stuck in Complicated Friendships by Susan Shapiro Barash.

About the Author

Susan Shapiro Barash is the author of ten previous books, and teaches gender studies at Marymount Manhattan College.  As a well recognized gender expert, she is frequently sought out by newspapers, television shows, and radio programs to comment on women’s issues.  She lives in New York City.

About Toxic friends

Hardcover: 288 pages
Publisher: St. Martin’s Press; 1 edition (October 13, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0312386397
ISBN-13: 978-0312386399
Price: $24.99

A woman can always count on are her friends—right? But what if those friendships are hurtful, harmful, even toxic? Susan Shapiro Barash explores the ten types of female friends and shows you why and how women get stuck with the worst kinds, the ways to get “unstuck, and how to recognize a true friend.” For example:

• The Leader of the Pack—it’s all on her terms
• The Doormat—and why you’re the one paying the price
• The Misery Lover—she wants to feel your pain. Really.
• The User—and why you seldom see her coming
• The Trophy Friend—and what you gain from each other
Provocative and fascinating, Susan Shapiro Barash looks at the bonds (and bondage) of female friendships in a new light.

The Giveaway

Sarah has graciously offered to promote a giveaway of Toxic Friends: The Antidote for Women Stuck in Complicated Friendships to one of Frugal Plus’ lucky readers.

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This Giveaway will end on Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 11:59PM EST.

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