| Kabul Beauty School: An American Woman Goes Behind the Veil Contributor(s): Rodriguez, Deborah (Author), Ohlson, Kristin (Contribution by), Dunne, Bernadette (Read by) |
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ISBN: 0786170247 ISBN-13: 9780786170241 Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks OUR PRICE: $26.96 Product Type: MP3 CD - Other Formats Published: April 2007 Annotation: In the tradition of Reading Lolita in Tehran, a look at the lives of women in Afghanistan through the lens of the Kabul Beauty School. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Women's Studies - Social Science | Islamic Studies - Biography & Autobiography | Women |
| Dewey: 305.486 |
| Physical Information: 0.54" H x 5.45" W x 7.45" (0.21 lbs) |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Cultural Region - Asian - Chronological Period - 21st Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Most Westerners now working in Afghanistan spend their time tucked inside the wall of a military compound or embassy. Deborah Rodriguez is one of the very few who lives life smack in the middle of Kabul. Now, Rodriguez tells the story of the beauty school she founded and the vibrant women who were her students there. When Rodriguez opened the Kabul Beauty School, she not only empowered her students with a new sense of autonomy--in the strictly patriarchal culture, the beauty school proved a small haven--but also made some of the closest friends of her life. Woven through the book are the stories of her students. There is the newlywed who must fake her own virginity, the twelve-year-old bride who has been sold into marriage to pay her family's debts, and the wife of a member of the Taliban who pursues her training despite her husband's constant beatings. All of these women have a story to tell, and all of them bring their stories to the Kabul Beauty School, where, along with Rodriguez herself, they learn the art of perms, of friendship, and of freedom. |
Contributor Bio(s): Dunne, Bernadette: - Bernadette Dunne is the winner of numerous AudioFile Earphones Awards and has twice been nominated for the prestigious Audie Award. She studied at the Royal National Theatre in London and the Studio Theater in Washington, DC, and has appeared at the Kennedy Center and off Broadway. She lives in Brooklyn. Rodriguez, Deborah: -Deborah Rodriguez is a hairdresser, motivational speaker, and bestselling author. She taught at and later directed the Kabul Beauty School in Afghanistan, where she also owned the Oasis Salon and the Cabul Coffee House. She currently lives in Mazatlan, Mexico. Ohlson, Kristin: -Kristin Ohlson is a freelance journalist, essayist, and fiction writer based in Cleveland, Ohio. Her work has been published in the New York Times, the Christian Science Monitor, O, The Oprah Magazine, More magazine, New Scientist, Gourmet, Eating Well, and many others. She was awarded a major Ohio Arts Council fellowship for fiction in 2003 and a Creative Workforce Fellowship for fiction in 2009; her memoir, Stalking the Divine, won the American Society of Journalists and Authors' Best Nonfiction Book Award. |