cover image Among Friends: Who We Like, Why We Like Them, and What We Do with Them

Among Friends: Who We Like, Why We Like Them, and What We Do with Them

Letty Cottin Pogrebin. McGraw-Hill Companies, $7.95 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-07-050413-4

Ms. magazine editor Pogrebin analyzes the contradictions, crises and rewards of friendships. ""The provocative thesis is enlivened with anecdotes, perceptively reasoned and well-documented,'' wrote PW, ``although some of the research is overwhelming.'' (May)