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A Story of Women and Friendship
Gotham
May 2009
On Sale: April 21, 2009
297 pages
ISBN: 1592404456
EAN: 9781592404452
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
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 motherhood, dating and divorce, a
child’s illness and the mysterious death of one member of
their group. Capturing their remarkable story, The Girls
from Ames is a testament to the deep bonds of women as they
experience life’s joys and challenges -- and the power of
friendship to triumph over heartbreak and unexpected
tragedy. The girls, now in their forties, have a lifetime of
memories in common, some evocative of their generation and
some that will resonate with any woman who has ever had a
friend. Photograph by photograph, recollection by
recollection, occasionally with tears and often with great
laughter, their sweeping and moving story is shared by
Jeffrey Zaslow, Wall Street Journal columnist, as he
attempts to define the matchless bonds of female
friendship. It demonstrates how close female relationships
can shape every aspect of women’s lives – their sense of
themselves, their choice of men, their need for validation,
their relationships with their mothers, their dreams for
their daughters – and reveals how such friendships thrive,
rewarding those who have committed to them. The Girls from Ames is the story of a group of ordinary
women who built an extraordinary friendship. With both
universal insights and deeply personal moments, it is a
book that every woman will relate to and be inspired by.
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