The Kabul Beauty School by Deborah Rodriguez
Deborah Rodriguez arrived in Afghanistan with a desire to help and a beauty degree. With her knowledge of both beauty and enterprise, she helped found the Kabul Beauty School and opened a modern salon in Kabul. She trained local women to become beauticians - one of the few ways in which a woman could support herself and her family.
Heart-rending but uniquely entertaining book.. this is a colourful, bitter-sweet but often hilarious book. It'd make a terrific movie. -- Daily Express Terrifically readable, and rich in personal stories. -- Kirkus Reviews Mad but splendidly warm hearted American woman ... a remarkable heart warming story. -- Sunday Times A terrific opening chapter--colorful, suspenseful, funny--ushers readers into the curious closed world of Afghan women...This witty and insightful (if light) memoir will be perfect for women's reading groups and daytime talk shows. -- Publishers' Weekly starred review This is a beauty of a book! I was on the edge of my salon chair as I read her gut-wrenching story that revealed true beauty outside and within. -- Kathy L. Patrick, Founder of The Pulpwood Queens Book Club Rodriguez has written a very gutsy, real-life adventure story for women... Her trials and tribulations in setting up the school and entering an arranged Afghan marriage not only make fascinating reading but reveal a side to Afghanistan that few foreigners have experienced or understood. Her courage in tackling gigantic cultural barriers is also remarkable. -- Publishing News This lively memoir is full of darkly funny moments - a customer who had never seen a blow dryer thinks it's a gun and runs screaming from the salon chair -and the humor leavens the horror stories about life in this war-torn land. A dishy but substantial read. -- People If a clash of civilisations is imminent, we need writers such as Rodriguez [...] to show that those on the other side of the divide are humans too, with the same fears and aspirations as the rest of us. -- New Statesman
Deborah Rodriguez from Holland, Michigan, has been working as a hairdresser since 1979. In 2002, Rodriguez helped found the Kabul Beauty School, the first modern beauty school and training salon in Afghanistan.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780340935231 |
| ISBN 10 | 0340935235 |
| Title | The Kabul Beauty School |
| Author | Deborah Rodriguez |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Year published | 2007-05-03 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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