Media Coverage at The Girls from Ames: A Story of Women and Friendship | By Jeffrey Zaslow co-author of The Last Lecture

UPDATE 2/15/10: The paperback edition of “The Girls from Ames” is set for release on April 6. As the date approaches, the Ames girls gathered to discuss the impact the book has had on readers, book clubs and other groups of friends. Here’s the new video clip:

UPDATE 12/18/09: PEOPLE MAGAZINE HAS NAMED “THE GIRLS FROM AMES” AS ONE OF THE TOP TEN BOOKS OF THE YEAR

NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER LIST
Girls from Ames rises to #3

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
The Ties That Bind

VIDEO INTERVIEWS WITH ALL THE AMES GIRLS (conducted at Borders Books in Ames)

USA TODAY
Jeffrey Zaslow talks about friendship, ‘Girls From Ames’

WASHINGTON POST PROFILE

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/23/AR2009112303756.html

NEW YORK TIMES
What Are Friends For? A Longer Life

NEW YORK TIMES ”WELL BLOG” By TARA PARKER-POPE
The Power of Friendship

OMAHA WORLD HERALD

http://www.omaha.com/article/20091202/LIVING/712029865

PEOPLE magazine

http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20277133,00.html

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
The Girls from Ames: How 11 women have sustained a 40-year friendship – and how that bond nurtures them.

ASSOCIATED PRESS FEATURE ON BOOK
http://www.theinsider.com/news/2355707__Girls_from_Ames_chronicles_longtime_friendships

Maria Shriver’s Women’s Conference Web site

http://www.californiawomen.org/raising-3-daughters-my-trials-tribulations-joys/

KARLA ON WISCONSIN PUBLIC RADIO

http://media.gtc.edu/morningshow/88199.mp3

Jenny writes guest column for Baltimore Sun
http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/books/blog/2009/07/the_girls_from_ames_guest_post.html

Woman’s Day
http://www.womansday.com/Articles/Family-Lifestyle/The-Woman-s-Day-Reading-List.html

Media Bistro’s GalleyCat
http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/authors/telling_our_stories_with_little_time_to_spare_117281.asp

NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW/ INSIDE THE LIST (last item):
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/31/books/review/InsideList-t.html

DAILY BEAST
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-06-09/sullys-new-co-pilot/full/

Q&A with each of the Ames girls from DolceDolce.com http://www.dolcedolce.com/?cat=22

Review by Carla Offenburger
http://www.offenburger.com/carlapaper.asp?link=20090509

DALLAS MORNING NEWS
The Girls From Ames’ by Jeffrey Zaslow: Journalist tells the story of 11 women and their 40-year friendship

Angela interview at University of North Carolina Lineberger Cancer Center

http://unclineberger.org/news/2009/release0730/

Karen in Philadelphia Inquirer
http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/the-insider/50236582.html

Boston Globe
http://www.boston.com/ae/books/articles/2009/07/05/a_bullet_in_darkness/

JANE on NECN TV in Boston
http://www.necn.com/Boston/Arts-Entertainment/2009/07/08/The-Girls-From-Ames/1247060997.html

AOL CANADA
Slide show http://www.loveandblueberries.com/2009/05/14/how-to-be-happy-make-lifelong-friends-like-the-girls-from-ames/

MINNEAPOLIS STAR TRIBUNE: Marilyn and Kelly
http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/44063457.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUUsZ

WALL STREET JOURNAL — The Juggle
http://blogs.wsj.com/juggle/2009/05/12/the-power-of-longtime-friendships/

DETROIT FREE PRESS
Lifestyle columnist finds new book in longtime friendships

BORDERS SHORTLIST INTERVIEW
Jeffrey Zaslow

BARNES AND NOBLE REVIEW
Spotlight

KIRKUS REVIEW
The Girls from Ames

NPR: ON POINT

The Girls from Ames

USA WEEKEND magazine

Ties that bind — especially now

MORE magazine:

http://www.more.com/2054/4399-great-reads–may-2009#3

ORLANDO SENTINEL (review by Jean Patteson):

Due out in April is The Girls from Ames by Jeffrey Zaslow. It’s bound to be a hit with women’s-studies groups and women’s book clubs. I’d like to think it will be a hit with men’s book clubs too, but that may be wishful thinking…

Jeff Zaslow is the co-author (with Randy Pausch) of the blockbuster best-seller, The Last Lecture. In his new book, he documents the 40-year friendship of 11 women from the town of Ames, Iowa — and at the same time examines the role and rewards of friendship in the lives of women. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, but most of all, if you’re a woman, you’ll relate. And if you’re a man, you’ll recognize your sister, girlfriend, wife in the girls/women from Ames…. And no, it’s not a fashion/beauty book. But it is a beauty of a book. Full review

ZASLOW ESSAY FOR WowOWow.com, WOMEN ON THE WEB

PARADE magazine: “Great summer reads”

http://www.parade.com/parade-picks/2009/06/great-summer-reads.html

BARNES AND NOBLE: “Meet The Writer” Interview

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/The-Girls-from-Ames/Jeffrey-Zaslow/e/9781592404452/?itm=1

AMES TRIBUNE ARTICLE BY CAROLE HOROWITZ

The Girls from Ames

AMES TRIBUNE ARTICLE ABOUT BOOK LAUNCH IN AMES

Girls from Ames launch book about hometown memories

MONTREAL GAZETTE
http://www.montrealgazette.com/Life/girl+best+friend+Someone+just+like/1672852/story.html

Angela in Raleigh News and Observer
http://www.newsobserver.com/105/story/1588498.html

Profile of Jane in Sun Chronicle
One of the Girls