{"product_id":"the-friend-that-stole-the-furniture-9782959535321","title":"The friend that stole the furniture","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Frida Niklaus\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Frida Niklaus\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Frida Niklaus\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Codependency\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSome people bring wine. Others slowly rearrange your whole life.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt does not start with drama. It starts with charm-someone who listens, remembers the small things, and makes you feel seen. Then, slowly, you begin to feel tired in your own skin. You pull away from messages and parties without knowing why. Something is off, but you cannot explain it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Friend That Stole the Furniture\u003c\/i\u003e is a literary, memoir-style narrative about a long friendship that turns into an almost invisible takeover. A charming, \u003ci\u003e\"sensitive\"\u003c\/i\u003e man seeps into the narrator's life, borrows her stories, feeds on attention, and quietly rewrites reality around himself-until the only way out is to finally name what has been happening and walk away.\u003cbr\u003eThis is not a guidebook, not therapy advice, not a clinical case study.\u003cbr\u003eIt is a subjective, sharp, and darkly funny autopsy of a relationship that never looked \u003ci\u003e\"bad enough\"\u003c\/i\u003e from the outside: \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecovert emotional pressure that hides inside helpfulness and concern\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eboundary-breaking disguised as vulnerability and sensitivity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003econfusion, self-doubt and exhaustion, followed-slowly-by clarity and exit\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eThere is no big lesson, no neat transformation arc, no demand for forgiveness. This is a book for readers who are simply \u003ci\u003edone \u003c\/i\u003e: not bitter, not broken, just finished with carrying someone else's weight.\u003cbr\u003eIf you have ever walked away from a friend who looked kind, sounded wounded, and still left you feeling smaller every time you met, this story will give you language for what you lived-and the quiet relief of recognizing you were not imagining it.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Frida Niklaus","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47594004643991,"sku":"9782959535321","price":1018.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9782959535321.webp?v=1774984330","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-friend-that-stole-the-furniture-9782959535321","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}