Deborah Rodriguez went to Afghanistan to transform her own life
and ended up revolutionizing the lives of many of her Afghan sisters. This
book is a look at the lives of women in Afghanistan through the lens of
The Kabul Beauty School.
When Deborah helped establish the Kabul Beauty School she not only worked to empower her students, living in this very strict culture, but the beauty school proved a small haven, and through this she made some of the closest friends of her life.
Woven through the book are the stories of her
students: the 12
year-old bride who has been sold into marriage to pay her family's debts, the
brilliant former medic who has not left her house for thirty years. 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.
A fabulous book, and a second I've read by Deborah, the other being 'Little Coffee Shop of Kabul'. A great in-site into the lives of these beautiful and courageous women.
A fabulous book, and a second I've read by Deborah, the other being 'Little Coffee Shop of Kabul'. A great in-site into the lives of these beautiful and courageous women.
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