

Episode 42: Author Susan Shaprio Barash
Oct 1, 2025
52:12
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Can even our closest friendships fall apart? This month Roberta Panjwani talks with Susan Shapiro Barash about her new book Estranged: How Toxic Female Friendships can be Mended or Ended which explores the hidden reality of female friendship—when bonds break, and what comes next.
Things we talked about in this episode
- Estranged: How Toxic Female Friendships Can be Mended or Ended by Susan Shapiro Barash
- Sula by Toni Morrison
Episode Credits
- Our thanks to Susan Shapiro Barash for joining us today.
- A Bend in the Road is written, hosted, and produced by Roberta Panjwani and created by Roberta Panjwani and Diane Sims.
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