The Magic Room 

The Magic Room: A Story About the Love We Wish for Our Daughters by Jeffrey Zaslow

The New York Times bestselling journalist and author of The Girls from Ames, Jeffrey Zaslow, takes us to a multi- generational family owned small-town bridal shop to explore the emotional lives of women in the 21st century.

You may not have heard of Fowler, Michigan, much less Becker’s Bridal. But for the thousands of women who have stepped inside, Becker’s is the site of some of the most important moments of their lives-moments that speak to us all. Housed in a former bank, the boutique owners transformed the vault into a “magic room,” with soft church lighting, a circular pedestal, and mirrors that make lifelong dreams come true.

Illuminating the poignant aspects of a woman’s journey to the altar, The Magic Room tells the stories of memorable women on the brink of commitment. Run by the same family for years, Becker’s has witnessed transformations in how America views the institution of marriage; some of the shop’s clientele are becoming stepmothers, or starting married life for a second time. In The Girls from Ames, beloved author Jeffrey Zaslow used friendships to explore the emotional lives of women. In The Magic Room, he turns his perceptive eye to weddings and weaves together secrets, memories and family tales to explore the hopes and dreams we have for our daughters.

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We will choose a Book Club of the Month at the end of April!  Register your book club with TLC and you could win up to 10 copies of The Girls from Ames for your book club!

The #1 national bestseller, now in paperback: a moving tribute to female friendships, with the inspiring story of eleven girls and the ten women they became, from the coauthor of the million-copy bestseller The Last Lecture.

As children, they formed a special bond, growing up in the small town of Ames, Iowa. As young women, they moved to eighth 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. Capturing their remarkable story, The Girls from Ames is a testament to the enduring, deep bonds of women as they experience life’s challenges, and the power of friendship to overcome even the most daunting odds.

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.

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• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Gotham; Reprint edition (April 6, 2010)

The instant New York Times bestseller, now in paperback: a moving tribute to female friendships, with the inspiring story of eleven girls and the ten women they became, from the coauthor of the million-copy bestseller The Last Lecture

As children, they formed a special bond, growing up in the small town of Ames, Iowa. As young women, they moved to eighth 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. Capturing their remarkable story, The Girls from Ames is a testament to the enduring, deep bonds of women as they experience life’s challenges, and the power of friendship to overcome even the most daunting odds.

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.

Check out the website for The Girls from Ames HERE.

Meet the girls and see all their photos HERE.

Read an excerpt HERE.

About Jeffrey Zaslow

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.

Jeffrey Zaslow’s TLC Book Tours TOUR STOPS:

Wednesday, April 14th:  Simply Stacie

Thursday, April 15th:  Silver and Grace

Friday, April 16th:  Chaotic Compendiums

Monday, April 19th:  Rundpinne

Tuesday, April 20th:  Luxury Reading

Wednesday, April 21st:  Book Nook Club

Thursday, April 22nd:  Suko’s Notebook

Monday, April 26th:  Feminist Review

Wednesday, April 28th:  Bookworm with a View

Thursday, April 29th:  She Reads and Reads

Monday, May 3rd:  Cafe of Dreams

Tuesday, May 4th:  Janel’s Jumble

Wednesday, May 5th:  Anniegirl1138

Thursday, May 6th:  Peeking Between the Pages

Tuesday, May 11th:  Life in the Thumb

Wednesday, May 12th:  lit*chick