Dumped

“The essays in Dumped are ferocious and loving, devastating and hopeful, insightful and perplexing. A savage, thorny look at friendship… and a rare, uncensored, sometimes terrifying glimpse into the female psyche.”
—Neil White, author of In the Sanctuary of Outcasts and publisher

There are 161 million women in America today, and our friendships are still as primary and universal as back when Ruth and Naomi, Elizabeth and Susan B., Lucy and Ethel, and Thelma and Louise made history. And that’s what makes being dumped by a woman friend so excruciating: you expect romantic relationships to break up eventually—but you don’t expect it from your friendships. And when it happens, you feel as though there should be an Adele song for you—but there isn’t.

Dumped: Women Unfriending Women fills that void, exploring the universal experience of being discarded by those from whom you expected more. The essays in Dumped aren’t stories of friendship dying a mutually agreed upon death, or of falling out of touch and reconnecting years later to find you haven’t missed a beat. These are stories by established and emerging authors who, like you, may have found themselves erased, without context. These, like your own, are stories that stay with you, maybe for a lifetime.

Author: Nina Gaby

Publication Date: March 3, 2015

Categories: Non-fiction, Spring 2015

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“Dumped touches a nerve from page one. It touches on a subject that all women know too well, yet is complicated and painful to articulate: the mourning, and sometimes redemption, that comes from being dumped by a sister-like friend. For every woman who has ever drowned her sorrows in a pint of ice cream over the loss of a close friend―or simply needs to know she is not alone―this book is for her.”
—Elisa Batista, publisher of MotherTalkers.com, a Daily Kos community

“This remarkable collection provides an exhilarating range of voices exploring what happens when female friendships falter. Wise, compassionate, and smart, each of these essays is a revelation. Give your best friend a copy along with a warm, thankful hug.”
—Dinty W. Moore, author of The Mindful Writer

“I think Nina Gaby should be handed best collection of the year for this brilliant, charming, heart-breaking, truth-telling, soul-bearing extraordinary book. I defy any woman to not identify with at least one of the stories. My god, there is nothing worse than when a woman―a friend―breaks your heart because you don’t know where to go to pick up those broken pieces. I myself have been dumped by more women than I care to share or say (out loud), but let me say that this little book, this magical WOManifesto, is a priceless babe-bible for all women. Ann Hood broke my heart in pieces, left me on the floor; Judith Podell slayed me; and Jacquelyn Mitchard had me at some friendships die by negligent homicide. Each writer is stunning, each story worthy, each friendship tale―universal. Every woman should own this book. This isn’t a loaner book, this is a keeper book. A loaner book you may never get back, a keeper book stays right on the night table reminding you that we are all imperfectly perfect creatures who sometimes lose keys, lose our marbles, and lose friends.”
—Amy Ferris, author of Marrying George Clooney

“This very honest, very human, and often very hilarious book made me laugh, cry, nod, squirm, and think anew about friendships gone by. Big applause to Nina Gaby, and all the contributors, for crystallizing so finely the inescapable life experience that is the end of a friendship.”
—Suzanne Strempek Shea, author of This Is Paradise: An Irish Mother’s Grief, an African Village’s Plight, and the Medical Clinic That Brought Fresh Hope to Both

“The essays in Dumped are ferocious and loving, devastating and hopeful, insightful and perplexing. A savage, thorny look at friendship… and a rare, uncensored, sometimes terrifying glimpse into the female psyche.”
—Neil White, author of In the Sanctuary of Outcasts and publisher

About the Author

Nina Gaby is a writer, visual artist and psychiatric nurse practitioner whose essays can be found in collections by Creative Non Fiction, Seal Press, Wising-Up Press, and several periodicals. Her fiction has been published in Lilith Magazine and in two short-story collections by Paper Journey Press.