Lessons from a Friend: A Memoir

Ione shares fourteen lessons from people she's known in a series of vignettes that highlight her stormy life.

Only some of these people remain in her life, but each one has taught her something--and that's why she calls them "friends."

One such friend was Claire, whom she met at a Toastmasters meeting and learned that her father was murdered when she was only four years old. When Ione spoke to Claire, she'd inevitably complain that life had treated her unfairly. But Claire helped Ione realize...