BUYING GUIDE. As children, they formed a special bond, growing up inthe small town of Ames, Iowa. As young women, theymoved to eight different states, yet they managed to maintainan extraordinary friendship that would carry them throughcollege and careers, marriage and motherhood, dating anddivorce, the death of a child, and the mysterious death of theeleventh member of their group. Capturing their remarkablestory, 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 mostdaunting odds.Because they came of age in an era of unprecedented opportunityfor women, their story also examines how feminism?smajor breakthroughs have been seized or wasted, and captureswhat it was like to be girls in the sixties, to come ofage in the seventies and eighties, to be new mothers in thenineties, and enter middle age in the new millennium?andhow close female relationships can shape every aspect ofwomen?s lives. With both universal events and deeply personalmoments, it?s a book that every woman will relate to and beinspired by.
Product Details
* Format: Kindle Edition
* File Size: 1901 KB
* Print Length: 297 pages
* Publisher: Gotham Hardcover (April 21, 2009)
* Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
* Language: English
Jeffrey Zaslow is a Wall Street Journal columnist and coauthor, with Randy Pausch, of The Last Lecture, the #1 New York Times bestseller now translated into 41 languages. Zaslow attended Dr. Pausch's famous lecture and wrote the story that sparked worldwide interest in it. The Girls From Ames also grew out of one of Zaslow's columns.
http://buyingsguide.blogspot.com
Share
0 comments:
Post a Comment