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Hi Daily Grommet fans. This book is about 11 girls growing up together in Ames, Iowa. Now they are 10 women in their mid-40s, spread all over the country, and they remain the closest of friends. Whenever “the Ames girls” get together, it’s as ... read more [ + ]


Jules

Jul 2nd, 2009 @ 10:57 AM

@ReneeG There is one really painful part of the book where the girls do indeed turn on one of their members. How they (the group, and the "target" of their attack) get through that is really interesting. On that note, I had a much more minor "betr... read more [ + ]

 Amy

Jun 25th, 2009 @ 11:27 PM

I'm sorry I missed this live discussion, but I've loved looking back at what you've all had to say. Jane, your last comment means a lot to me. I have 2 teenage daughters and I have the same concern - they seem to spend so much time texting that I can... read more [ + ]

 Jane Nash

Jun 25th, 2009 @ 10:51 AM

One last comment. Laura asked about friendships in our "throw away" society. This is a big concern of mine...whether the next generation will have the kind of life-long friends that we have been so fortunate to have. I think all the electronic com... read more [ + ]

 Karen

Jun 24th, 2009 @ 10:03 PM

Thank you Jeanne and Barbara for featuring our book. It has been my pleasure to be a part of this today. Lisa, I will be checking in tomorrow to see your product ! Good luck!... read more [ + ]

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The Girls from Ames A Book by WSJ Columnist Jeffrey Zaslow
  • Girls From Ames Girls From Ames
A Story of Women and a Forty-Year Friendship
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A Remarkable Tale of Female Friendships

Girls from AmesJeffrey Zaslow may seem like an unlikely candidate for writing a moving history of the friendship of a group of women from Iowa over the last forty years—he is, after all, male—but he does a masterful job of sharing this compelling story. Maybe it’s because he’s male (and can therefore tell it from the vantage point of outside-looking-in), or maybe it’s because of his prior experience in helping to shape a powerful message into book form (he co-authored The New York Times bestseller The Last Lecture with Randy Pausch), but whatever the reason, Zaslow introduces us to the girls from Ames and then inserts each one of them into our hearts.

This is not a story about flowers and rainbows and perfection and happy endings. This is a story about real people, with real foibles, real heartbreaks, and how their bonds with one another have buoyed them through the years. It’s about how women need other women to thrive, and how friendships don’t have to be perfect to be just right. Forty years after they met as kids in Ames, these women are still every inch a tribe.

I devoured this book in the course of a weekend, cried over it more than once, and then recommended it to every woman I love. You will, too.

— Mir
  • The Girls from Ames: A Story of Women and a Forty-Year Friendship (Hardcover)
  • “After reading a particularly moving chapter, I sat down with my own 9-year-old daughter to talk to her about the importance of friendship in her life.” -Tara Parker-Pope, New York Times On Health columnist
  • Author: Jeffrey Zaslow
  • 297 pages
  • Publisher: Gotham (April 21, 2009)

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