They are 11 women from Ames, Iowa who have sustained a 40 year-friendship. A new book, The Girls from Ames, has been written about them by Jeffrey Zaslow, who coauthored The Last Lecture with Randy Pausch.
The book highlights their ground rules:
Don’t brag about husbands’ jobs or incomes. Don’t gloat about children’s achievements. Make every effort to be with each other for key events. In addition, Zaslow observes, “Ames girls learned early that the way to keep female friendships alive was to listen and talk, in that order.”
One compelling comment from Jeffrey Zaslow featured in the Christian Science Monitor review:
Men’s relationships take different forms. “Men tend to build friendships until about age 30, but there’s often a steady falloff after that,” Zaslow states. “Men’s friendships tend to be based more on activities than emotions. They connect through sports, work, poker, politics…. Women talk. Men do things together…. Women’s friendships are face to face, while men’s friendships are side by side.”
I think I might have just found my next book pick.
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This does look really interesting. Have any of you read "Angry housewives eating bon bons"? It is a really wonderful fiction book about a bookclub that lasts for 30 some years.
I love my bookclub girls!!!! :)
This book sounds great. I can't wait to discuss it!
I just want to be clear that I have not officially decided that this will be my choice. I'm still thinking.
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