About this title: From the co-author of the bestselling "The Last Lecture" comes a moving tribute to female friendships, with the inspiring story of 11 girls and the women they became.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Gotham
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9781592404452ISBN:1592404456
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Edition: Third Printing
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Gotham Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9781592404452ISBN:1592404456
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. "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 the group. Capturing their remarkable story, THE GIRLS FROM AMES is a testament to the deep bonds ... read more
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: Penguin Group Usa
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9781592404452ISBN:1592404456
Description: New. From the co-author of the bestselling "The Last Lecture" comes a moving tribute to female friendships, with the inspiring story of 11 girls and the women they became. read more
"I really enjoyed this book. Being from Iowa, and a girl, I was interested to see what these girls had to say. First off, I was concerned that the book was written by a man. However, I quickly decided that it was best written by a man. He was anxious to learn about women and how they connect with each other. I think a woman writer would have been tempted to assume that she already knew. Jeffrey Zaslow gave us a good look into the workings of female friendships with an open and wanting-to-discover eye. This group of women seemed really large to me; and with a group that size they naturally paired off into sub-groups. Even within my group of 5 throughout high school that happened. One of my favorite parts of the book was when a cake decorator who sabotaged the group's graduation cake said that as a whole the group of girls was nasty and hated by many. But individually they were pretty nice people. I can certainly understand that. The clique becomes it's own entity with its own personality..its own person so to speak. Besides being a good book to read in order to learn about women's relationships, I felt it was also a good book (that could have been expanded) on human nature and why we turn out the way we do when raised in the families we have and the communities in which we live. Could be a good sociology book."
"I almost ditched this book about 1/3 of the way in. I was never a "member" of the "popular" crowd in school like these girls were. I found their adolescent escapades a bit much, especially since there seemed to be so much drinking involved. But I kept with it because, as I found out, life is the great leveler. They may have been a special clique and still are, but there is no escaping real life eventually be it from divorce, death of a parent, death of a child, miscarriage, or breast cancer....at some point in adulthood life catches up with us all. I can now see why, when I was in therapy, my counselor said it was child abuse for my parents to move to a new town every 2-3 years. I never really had the opportunity to make long-lasting bonds with friends from childhood. My long-lasting friends were made as an adult and I treasure them as much as these women treasure their childhood relationships and I think it is kind of sad that they don't give their new friendships quite the same importance as their childhood ones. Worth the read. It makes you think."
"Jeffrey Zaslow is a columnist for the Wall Street Journal. A few years ago he wrote an article about women and friendships. He received an email from a woman from Ames, Iowa describing her great friendship with ten other women from Ames. Eventually this communication resulted in this book. It chronicles the close friendship of eleven girls from Ames, Iowa, who are still close friends even though they no longer live close together geographically.
I almost can't describe how I felt about the book. If you have close friends - even if they haven't been your friends for forty years - who live close to you, or far away, I think you can relate to this book. There is something universal about women's friendships even though the individuals in one group may be completely different than those in another group of friends. Zaslow does a great job of capturing that. There is something about time spent together, and having gone through hard times together that is a sure binding between women."
"I'm a generation too old for this book. Susan Allan Toth's Blooming (also about growing up in Ames in the 50's)was more my speed. After my last high school reunion I am a true believer in the bonds that shared memories create, but my memories do not include cornfield keggers (the only thing my friends & I did in a cornfield was steal watermelons), make out parties & risky behavior. I almost didn't finish this book; I felt it was poorly organized, often used trivial filler, & failed to fully round out the girls - I had no real feel for them. But 3/4 thru he moved me. There comes a point when age doesn't matter and eventually we start to share the same experiences. I started relating to their lives. The recovery of a parent from the loss of a child is something I have always tried to understand & this experience was handled well & their breast cancer bouts is something my friends & I have had to deal with. Karla & Kelly became fully rounded characters by the end. The others not so much."
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