How should a friendship begin? -- What are women's friendships? -- Friends and family: one we choose, one we don't -- Disillusionment, betrayal, and rejection -- The joy of belonging, the pain of exclusion: groups, clubs, and cliques -- How many friends do you need? -- Should friends give advice to friends? -- With friends like this, who needs enemies?: competition between friends -- Sexual tension in women's friendships -- Do good boundaries make bad friends? -- Why do women friends hold grudges forever?: managing anger, judgment, and shame -- A hole in your heart: dealing with endings and losses -- The special joy of "friendship wisdom."