Author Jeffrey Zaslow: The Girls From Ames April 21, 2010

Spend a girls night out at the OFJCC! Award-winning writer Jeffrey Zaslow talks about his New York Times bestseller and the powerful bond of female friendships. "The Girls From Ames: A Story of Women & A Forty-Year Friendship," is the inspiring story of eleven girls and the ten women they became over the span of forty years.

As children, they formed a special bond, growing up in the small town of Ames, Iowa. As young women, they moved to eight 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. 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.

About the Author
Coauthor of the international bestseller "The Last Lecture," award-winning journalist Jeffrey Zaslow writes the Wall Street Journal's "Moving On" column, which has inspired several Oprah segments. He has also written for Time and USA Weekend and has appeared on The Tonight Show, Oprah, Larry King Live, 60 Minutes, The Today Show and Good Morning America.

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