My First Best Friend: Thirty Stories, Lifetime Memories

Ask almost any woman about her first best friend, and you will most likely experience a moment of silence, then a burst of memories of what her childhood was like. Whispering and giggling, hand in hand, young girlfriends entertain, comfort, enlighten, and shape each other at a precious time when their self-images are just being formed.

In My First Best Friend Nancy Lindemeyer, the founding editor of Victoria magazine, gathers thirty intimate and touching stories of these …