Author, Christie Tate is not a stranger to memoirs. In her first book, Group, she wrote about how her psychotherapy group helped her find human connection.
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And now Tate has written a second memoir: BFF: A Memoir of Friendship Lost and Found. In it she explores friendships through the years and how her behavior affected those friendships.
I recently spoke with Christie Tate about friendship, recovery, and forgiveness. Here's our conversation.
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B.F.F.: A Memoir of Friendship Lost and Found by Christie Tate was published by Avid Reader Press.
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