"SEPARATION ANXIETY is an exceptional novel. Wichita and her family and friends are among the most real, most moving and most enjoyable characters you'll find in women's fiction." Melissa Senate, author of THE SOLOMON SISTERS WISE UP

Separation Anxiety
Karen Brichoux

How do you break up when you’re just friends?

They were joined at the hip. But what about their hearts?

You can dump a boyfriend and divorce a husband. But how do you get away from the man you’re just friends with? Wichita Gray needs to know. From the age of six, she and Jonah LiaKos have been inseparable. They even work at the same Chicago museum. But now, feeling smothered by her past, she’s decided something drastic must be done. Preferably amputation. Finally freed from her constant companion, she starts baiting her hook for some of those other fish in the sea. But when a sudden family crisis and her parents’ loveless, nagging marriage make her second- guess her decision to “break up” with Jonah, she has to give some serious thought to what makes a man a friend and what makes him a lover—so she can avoid repeating the mistakes of her parents and grab her chance to get it right…

“Witty and thought provoking, Separation Anxiety is a fast- paced, feisty exploration into deciphering personal truths… A highly recommended read!” —Donna Kauffman, author of The Cinderella Rules

NAL Trade, June 2004
256 pages ISBN: 0451211995
Paperback
$12.95