Literature & Fiction

The Wisdom of Hair

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The Wisdom of Hair

Life can be beautiful, but it takes a little work...

â€œThe problem with cutting your own hair is that once you start, you just keep cutting, trying to fix it, and the truth is, some things can never be fixed. The day of my daddyâ€™s funeral, I cut my bangs until they were the length of those little paintbrushes that come with dime-store watercolor sets. I was nine years old. People asked me why I did it, but I was too young then to know I was changing my hair because I wanted to change my life.â€

In 1983, on her nineteenth birthday, Zora Adams finally says goodbye to her alcoholic mother and their tiny town in the mountains of South Carolina. Living with a woman who dresses like Judy Garland and brings home a different man each night is not a pretty existence, and Zora is ready for life to be beautiful.

With the help of a beloved teacher, she moves to a coastal town and enrolls in the Davenport School of Beauty. Under the tutelage of Mrs. Cathcart, she learns the art of fixing hair, and becomes fast friends with the lively Sara Jane Farquhar, a natural hair stylist. She also falls hard for handsome young widower Winston Sawyer, who is drowning his grief in bourbon. She couldnâ€™t save Mama, but maybe she can save him.

As Zora practices finger waves, updos, and spit curls, she also comes to learn that few things are permanent in this lifeâ€”except real love, lasting friendship, and, ultimatelyâ€¦ forgiveness.

Country	USA
Author	Kim Boykin
Binding	Kindle Edition
Edition	1
EISBN	9781101619575
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	Berkley
Manufacturer	Berkley
NumberOfPages	303
PublicationDate	2013-03-05
Publisher	Berkley
ReleaseDate	2013-03-05
Studio	Berkley

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