abstract:"The Girls from Ames" is a group of women from Ames, Iowa who were the subject of Jeffrey Zaslow's 2009 nonfiction bestseller about lifelong friendships.
Inanew book, “TheGirlsFrom Ames: A Story ofWomenand a 40-YearFriendship” (Gotham), JeffreyZaslowtellsthestory of 11childhoodfriends who scatteredfromIowatoeightdifferentstates.