Power of Friendship

The power of friendship to motivate and encourage is seen through Charlie’s relationship with Rose, Eve’s relationship with Lili, and Charlie’s relationship with Eve. The women’s stories illustrate how far these women are willing to go to protect their friends and the devastation they feel when they believe they have let their friends down. The friends share their lives in relationships that most people do not enjoy.

Each of these special friendships is defined by a period of nascency, followed by growing intimacy. For Charlie, she realized how much she cared for Rose and how much Rose cared for her when they spent a day together when they were accidentally left behind by their parents on a trip. Charlie remembers promising Rose that she would never leave her when she recognized how lonely Rose really was: “I think I realized...