In between working for BOOM magazine, maintaining her marriage to her unhealthy husband, and dealing with her cranky mother-in-law and should-be-flown-from-the-nest-but-aren’t kids, Rochelle Fabrikant tells us about her friendship with her rock of Gibraltar, Gertrude, who one day suddenly rejects her lifelong role of “the fat friend”.
From the traumatic teen years to cresting the hill of middle age, Shell could always rely on who she was when she was with Tru. But now that Tru is redefining the lines of who she is, Shell learns that there is truth in the old idea that to have a friend one must be a friend.
