Joan Chittister explores the sacred dimension of friendship whtrough the lens of faith, tradition, scripture and the social sciences and reveals the often-overlooked voices and experiences of women in the Bible.  She recovers and reclaims the witness and wisdom of such women as Lydia, Prisca, Deborah and Phoebe; of Esther, Martha, Veronica, and Elizabeth; of Ruth, Anne, Miriam and Mary Magdalene.  Drawing a highly inspiring message from each of these women's lives, Joan Chittister invites us to seek and embrace freindship as it is embodied between women, between God the Creator and all of creation, and between all human beings.