Meet Karla, Kelly, Marilyn, Jane, Jenny, Karen, Cathy, Angela, Sally, Diana, and Sheila. Eleven girls that all grew up together in Ames, Iowa and forty years later are still friends today. Jeffrey Zaslow spent a year visiting each of these women in their homes and listening to their stories. Voted as one of the top 10 books of the year by People Magazine, The Girls from Ames is a true story about these women and the lives they have shared together from childhood to now into their forties.I loved this book. Because they are real women, I could relate to each one of them in their own way. Zaslow throws in a well-balanced mix of the triumphs, heartbreaks, and miniscule details that don't seem to really matter but are what really make up a great friendship. I laughed at moments and cried at others. And I fell in love with the girls from Ames.
On top of the stories about the women, he also random information about studies on friendships between women and how having close friends can have a very positive impact on your life. And how as great as it is to have friends that know you now, sometimes it's just nice to see those "old friends" who knew you when you were just getting started in becoming who you were. It definitely made me want to put down the book the moment I was done and pick up the phone to start calling all of my best girl friends. 5 stars.
I highly recommend this book to everyone and luckily enough, TLC book tours has offered to giveaway one copy to one of my readers just for leaving a comment on this post with your favorite thing about your best friends. Giveaway ends Sunday, April 25th at midnight EST.
**I was given this book to review as part of TLC book tours. This is my honest opinion.
10 comments:
I really want to read this! What an inspirational story!
My favorite thing about my best friends is that even though we hardly ever see each other, when we get together, it is like no time has passed at all.
Sounds like such a fun book! I think one of my favorite things about my best friends is that I can be myself around them and talk to them about anything and it's comfortable.
Sounds good! Favorite thing about best friends is having a shoulder to lean on when times get tough.
My favorite thing about my best friend is that she is there for me no matter what, even if we go a while without speaking (we live far away from each other now.)
I just got this book from the library and was going to start reading it today. Great minds think alike!
My best friend is my sister. I love the way we know and understand EVERYTHING about each other. No one else can come as close to knowing exactly how we got to where we are because we grew up in the same place.
Sounds great! I will have to read this one. :)
I love that I can just be myself completely around my friends.
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I love that my best friends listen to me dispite how much i talk and what i talk about. I also love how they are up for doing whatever whenever.
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