Today starts a new series: some of the books I've found that will greatly help you sort through some of the 'people issues' you're having as you're planning your wedding.

Irene S. Levine, Ph.D. is a top author in the field of women's friendships, and her blog is a terrific resource for you as you handle the various challenges with your bridesmaids and with friends who might be miffed that they didn't make it into the bridal party. She offers terrific solutions for recharging your friendships and handling the sad realization that it might be time for a change.

So visit her site, check out her blog, and if your female friend issue means a breakup is in store, here's the perfect book for you:

From Irene's website about 'Best Friends Forever: Surviving a Breakup With Your Best Friend'

"Friendships with other women are integral to our sense of happiness, health, and emotional well-being. At their best, these relationships fill our lives with love and laughter---but they can just as easily lead to intense feelings of sadness, hurt, loss, and shame that are as painful to get over as a breakup with a husband or lover.

What happens to our friendships? Why do some grow richer with time, others disappear, and others come to a crashing, often unanticipated, end? How do you tell the difference between the ones that are keepers that are definitely worth saving and the ones that should be discarded?

In an effort to understand the natural course of our friendships, I surveyed more than 1500 women of all ages, from all walks of life, to learn about their friendships, why some succeed and others fail, and how women can use every friendship, whatever the outcome, to emerge more whole.

With rapid changes in technology and the evolving roles of women, female friendships are more dynamic than ever before. Almost every woman has experienced a fractured friendship: either because she lost contact with someone who once was important to her; because she actively decided to step back from a friendship that changed; because she was unexpectedly dumped by someone else, because she decided she didn't have time for the hassles of a frenemy or toxic friendship, or because she and a friend both agreed their relationship was no longer worth saving."

http://www.thefriendshipblog.com/book