Critical Praise

"The False Friend is a riveting read, both compelling and richly satisfying."

—Richard Russo, author of That Old Cape Magic

"Not since Margaret Atwood's Cat's Eye have we seen such a precise and haunting portrayal of girl bullying. With uncanny pitch and tenderness, Goldberg captures both the passion of female friendship and its most savage rite of passage. Both girls and adults will find solace in this gem of a novel."

—Rachel Simmons, author of Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls

"There are moments when I fear that my entire personality was formed (and malformed) in middle school. We all learned the hard way that there is nothing as obsessive and cruel as the intimate friendships of young girls. Myla Goldberg's magnificent new novel The False Friend mines this terrifying but exhilarating territory with precision, insight, and honesty."

—Ayelet Waldman, author of Red Hook Road and Bad Mother