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The Girls from Ames
The Girls from Ames: A Story of Women and a Forty-Year Friendship | Jeffrey Zaslow
The instant New York Times bestseller, now in paperback: a moving tribute to female friendships, with the inspiring story of eleven girls and the ten women they became, from the coauthor of the million-copy bestseller The Last Lecture As children, they formed a special bond, growing up in the small town of Ames, Iowa. As young women, they moved to eighth different states, yet they managed to maintain an extraordinary friendship that would carry them through college and careers, marriage and motherhood, dating and divorce, the death of a child, and the mysterious death of the eleventh member of their group. Capturing their remarkable story, The Girls from Ames is a testament to the enduring, deep bonds of women as they experience life's challenges, and the power of friendship to overcome even the most daunting odds. 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. The Girls from Ames 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. With both universal events and deeply personal moments, it's a book that every woman will relate to and be inspired by.
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Amandajoy
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Books from my TBR with #girlinthetitle. Question is, which should I choose for the "girl in the title" square for the Litsy Reading Challenge? #readjanuary

BookMusings Defs Lab Girl! ❤️️❤️️ 8y
swishandflick I would pass on Luckiest Girl Alive, I didn't care for that book very much. 8y
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vermon87
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Let's begin!! 😊

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Pickpick

Loved this nonfiction book about eleven women who have been friends for 40 years. There's heartache and laughter and all the real issues life throws at you. Instead of petty drama, these women love and support one another through the hardest moments in life.

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AvidReader25
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"But as a journalist, I know there's great power in honest stories about real people." "Being in each other's company, they feel like they are every age they ever were, because they see themselves through thousands of shared memories."

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