The Girls from Ames: A Story of Women and a Forty-Year Friendship
- ISBN13: 9781592404452
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
From the coauthor of the million-copy bestseller The Last Lecture comes a moving tribute to female friendships, with the inspiring story of eleven girls and the ten women they became.
Meet the Ames Girls: eleven childhood friends who formed a special bond growing up in Ames, Iowa. As young women, they moved to eight different states, yet managed to maintain an enduring friendship that would carry them through college and careers, marriage and motherh… More >>
The Girls from Ames: A Story of Women and a Forty-Year Friendship
Fast service and a great product. Well worth the $9.00. Book came quickly and in great shape.
I just finished this book and have had slightly mixed feelings about it. I enjoyed it, though there were moments when I felt it was moving a bit slowly. It struck me as a little like a soap opera. I sometimes felt frustrated with all the details and emotions but I was captivated by them at the same time. In the end though, I wanted more. I still do and would eagerly buy a sequel.
This book is well written and easy to read. It follows the lives of eleven girlfriends, their individual beginnings, the challenges faced and accomplishments gained as young adults, up to their current mid-life situations. Most of the author’s information was gathered through interviews during the more recent reunions of the friends. Also included are recollections from other family members, friends, and acquaintances connected with the individual incidents. It is evident that the author was quite thorough in his investigation and information gathering in an effort to present each person’s story as authentically as possible.
Being an Iowan myself, I found it easy to identify with many of the locations, situations, as well as the family values. “The Girls from Ames” was a touching story of life long friendships as well as an easy and enjoyable read. I highly recommend it.
A Story of Friendship and Life’s Journeys…
I have to admit that if not for the message on the cover of this book, “coauthor of The Last Lecture,” I would not have otherwise known who Jeffrey Zaslow is. But because I was familiar with the profound and inspiring story The Last Lecture, I decided that Zaslow’s new novel, The Girls From Ames, must have something special and it did. This book follows the lives of eleven girls and the forty-year friendship that followed them (minus one girl…). The novel travels deep in time to explain how the girls met, their families, and unique characteristics of each girl. Their friendships are molded by their experiences and the novel portrays this in such a way that every person reading it will be envious. What makes the book special is that it is a real and factual story, and reminds us that life is full of twists and turns, ups and downs, and love and loss. Jeffrey Zaslow gets their story right and represents their friendships completely. Women will cherish this story because of their abilities to relate to these experiences and will be inspired to cherish their memories of their own personal friendships. In the tradition of Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom, this novel presents a resemblance to care, life lessons, and togetherness. Therefore, I am very impressed by Zaslow’s ability to recreate lives of other people, and allow the readers to feel like part of the relationships. I recommend this book to anyone wanting a down-to-earth story that brings out personal emotions in an awe-inspiring way.
5/5 Stars
This is dull ad his style takes all life from their stories. This book is so bad I can no longr give credibility to the stars in the Kindle store.
Deadly dull book, and I really wanted to like it. I thought that reading about a group of women who maintained their friendships for 40+ years would be interesting. NOT!!!!
The telling of this tale was just incredibly boring. Perhaps it would have been better as a long magazine article, but there was just not enough meat for an entire book.
The publisher did some great marketing for this book, though. The title was on everyone’s lips for the longest time. A shame it did not live up to its press.