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Seamlessly weaving personal experience with literature and pop culture-ranging from fairy tales to true crime, from Anais Nin and Sylvia Plath to \u003ci\u003eHeavenly Creatures\u003c\/i\u003e and the \"sad girls\" of Tumblr-Dancyger's essays form a kaleidoscopic story of a life told through friendships, and an expansive interrogation of what it means to love each other.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Though friendship will never be enough to keep us safe from the dangers of the world, Dancyger reminds us that love is always worth the risk, and that when tragedy strikes, it's our friends who will help us survive. 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