Finished Book 18

I finished The Girls from Ames this morning. I think the idea of life long friendships is good, but I couldn't relate to these girls. They are from Ames, but they made it sound like the only thing for kids to do in Iowa is have cornfield keggers. I think the biggest chunk of the book that I didn't like was about their high school years. They not only sounded like a bitchy clique, but they were even horribly mean to one member of their group. If I was Sally, I would never have forgiven the other girls. I did feel sorry for the girls as they got older and faced struggles and tragedy in life. I think I can relate to them more as a wife and mother, but not based on their friendships. I didn't see this as a full group of friendships. To me it seemed more like there were 2 or 3 girls who were really close and then became friends with another 2 or 3 girls and so on. I know they meet every year and are there for each other in hard times, but I just couldn't see the 11 friendships as a whole group.
I did love learning about Jack Trice though. And loved the mention of Taco Time, going to have to make a trip there.

291 pages