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Friendshifts: The Power of Friendship and How It Shapes Our Lives
by Jan Yager
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Hannacroix Creek Books (1999-10-01)
ISBN: 1889262293
EAN: 9781889262291
Dewy Decimal #: 158
Paperback: 287 pages
SKU: G-11-0701
Condition: Like New as issued n
Comments: Paperback. Like new condition with no markings and no creases to spine or cover. Very slight wear to cover. Near fine copy.Paperback. Like new condition with no markings and no creases to spine or cover. Very slight wear to cover. Near fine copy.
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
2nd edition, revised (1st edition published in 1997) Changes to 2nd edition: New cover Introduction to 2nd edition Updated Resource section with web sites added Updated bibliography Expanded last chapter with 31 additional ways to find time for your friends Reading Group Guide included at the end of the book with permission to copy it for distribution to reading group participants
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Customer Reviews
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Great book to help you improve your friendships...even if you think you do not need help
Rating  (5)
Date: 2006-07-20
5 out of 5 customers found this reveiw helpful
FRIENDSHIFTS was great! I was looking for a book to help understand how friends seem to come and go at different stages in life. I was struggling with an issue with friend(s) that I had analyzed on my own for almost a year. This helped me to understand that this "friend shift" is natural and not my fault. I also realized that a couple of my friends are the definitition of a true, quality friend and how many other people are not lucky enough to have this. FRIENDSHIFTS gave excellent advice on how to make new friends, how to nurture you current friendships and how to save a friendship that may be ending. The author, Jan Yager, uses real examples from real people - not just statistics that we wonder where they come from. We can all relate to some of the personal contributions from the friendship interviews she did. Great research, very realistic down to earth self-help/motivational read!
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A useful read!
Rating (5)
Date: 2004-07-28
13 out of 13 customers found this reveiw helpful
Understanding the changes that friendships go through is the first step to helping them last. This book helps you to do that. It gives the reasons behind why friends act and say the things they do, and how to handle shifts throughout the course of life. I wished I had read this book sooner-it may have helped me understand my own friendships more.And the advice here may help you to make an educated choice on whether to continue a friendship or end it. A great read and highly recommended.
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Friends tell us who we are
Rating (5)
Date: 2003-04-01
16 out of 18 customers found this reveiw helpful
No matter what stage in life we are in, friends are needed for sharing experiences and receiving support whether if good or bad things happen to us. They are our mental `lifesavers' and without them we do much worse and are more woundable. Like our family, our friends are the reason for the persons we are and participate in shaping our life as we grow. The author, Dr. Jan Yager has a Ph.D in sociology and her books are also based on interviews and surveys. She has created the word Friendshifts® to show us the way our friendships change as we go from one stage in life to another. Our friendships change as our life does. We make friends in our childhood, as teens, as adults, and in our elderly life. We form new friends by moving, change in interests, entering a new school or getting a new job, a promotion or a new sport. More insights in this book are how to be a better friend, how to prevent a friendship from ending and how we handle it when it does. Furthermore, it tells us about friendships at work and gender friendships.
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Powerful book on power of friendship!
Rating (5)
Date: 2003-01-03
10 out of 10 customers found this reveiw helpful
Throughout our lives, friendships are among the most enduring and treasured relationships. They are often complex and of many variations: old friends, new friends, lifetime friends, close friends, casual friends, etc. Friendships are seldom static, and they evolve, grow, deepen and sometimes even wither and fade away. Sociologist and author Dr. Jan Yager, in her excellent book "Friendshifts: The Power of Friendship and How It Shapes Our Lives," explores all the various facets of these most precious connections. "Friendshifts" offers thoughtful, insightful and wise observations which can only serve to strengthen the "ties that bind" and increase our understanding of these dynamics. Highly recommended!
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Friendshifts-Power of Friendship by C. Hartline, Edreferral
Rating (5)
Date: 2002-12-25
6 out of 6 customers found this reveiw helpful
Friendshifts is a very powerful,interesting and informative book on one of the most meaningful aspects of all our lives - our relationships with our friends. Dr. Yager provides valuable and practical insights on the way friendships enrich our lives. Dr. Yager blends a fascinating combination of scientific data and real world experiences to examine the complexities of our friendships, how we can maintain them and how they keep us whole and enrich our lives. I recommend this book to everyone - as we all can benefit from enriching our lives with friends and cherishing and better maintaining this valuable and important aspect of our lives.Christine Hartline, MA
Eating Disorder Referral and Information Center
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