The Girls from Ames: A Story of Women and a Forty-Year Friendship Buy Now

I heard an interview with the author online with OnPoint Radio out of MA and two of the friends were also interviewed. I later got the book and it is fantastic and makes me wish I had been able to hold onto my women friends from my younger days. It is a book I will definitely be recommending or even passing on my own copy so others can read this fantastic book as well.Get more detail about The Girls from Ames: A Story of Women and a Forty-Year Friendship.

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I truly wanted to like this book...it has everything I enjoy...friendships, the late 70's and early 80's, real stories about real women. Sounds fantastic right? I think it could've been if each chapter had been written by one of the Ames Girls. For me this was much like reading a newspaper article or even worse, a book report. I felt no connection whatsoever to any of the women and I really wanted to! I think if the story was written in first-person than I would have had a very different experie...more I truly wanted to like this book...it has everything I enjoy...friendships, the late 70's and early 80's, real stories about real women. Sounds fantastic right? I think it could've been if each chapter had been written by one of the Ames Girls. For me this was much like reading a newspaper article or even worse, a book report. I felt no connection whatsoever to any of the women and I really wanted to! I think if the story was written in first-person than I would have had a very different experience. The writing felt choppy and stilted...and unfortunately it really left me wishing for so much more.Get more detail about The Girls from Ames: A Story of Women and a Forty-Year Friendship.