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Loading... Kabul Beauty School: An American Woman Goes Behind the Veilby Deborah Rodriguez
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. Excellent book! Rodriguez is funny and really shows what life was like for her. (  ) smullins | Nov 19, 2009 |  In 2002, shortly after a drive to force the Taliban out of Afghanistan, Deborah Rodriguez, a hairdresser from Michigan, joined a small humanitarian aid group as a nurse’s aide to the war-torn nation. Despairing of being of any real use, kindhearted Rodriguez soon finds her talents to make friends and give a good haircut could be used to train mostly uneducated, abused Afghan women to run their own beauty salons. This colorful, suspenseful and delightful memoir is also a tale of encouragement for women who struggle under extremely adverse conditions. (  ) mlight | Oct 31, 2009 | I cringe to think than anyone, anywhere would judge Americans by "Miss Debbie's" behavior. The memoir is relentlessly self-aggrandizing and boastful, not particularly well written, and tediously self-absorbed. I noted that she was 70 pages into a relatively short book before she even mentioned the names of her children, at which point in the narrative they were in their late teens. She is forthright enough, but clearly takes a smug pride in her brash, impulsive and often stupidly risky behavior. It's an interesting topic, but the writer's personality was too much of an impediment for me. (  ) turtlesleap | Oct 16, 2009 | Reviewed by Steph for TeensReadToo.com Deborah Rodriguez is a beautician from Michigan who went over to Afghanistan after September 11th to help in any way she could. She quickly fell in love with the country and wanted to reestablish the Afghan beauticians who went out of existence when the Taliban took over. Along with help from others, she opened a beauty school where she trained Afghan women to become beauticians who could then open up their own beauty salons. This amazing true story is heartwarming yet incredibly sad at the same time. The reader learns the personal and tragic story of the many Afghan women that Rodriguez befriends. We learn of their arranged marriages to men twice their age, abusive husbands who will divorce them if the women can't bear a son, and monetary struggles and desperate attempts to find that money. It is also wonderful to read about these same women becoming independent and happy due to their education from the beauty school and their friendship with Ms. Rodriguez. This book is truly inspiring and educational. The reader learns about many customs and misconceptions about Afghanistan and its people through the real life experiences of Rodriguez. Her desire to help the kind Afghan people can inspire anyone to do the same. KABUL BEAUTY SCHOOL is sure to please all readers who are open to learning about a foreign people, their customs, and an American woman who felt the need to dedicate her life to those less fortunate. ( ) GeniusJen | Oct 11, 2009 | I liked this bio about someone who had the courage to go after her calling. She gave an honest account of all that she went though and a lot of what she thought about. Gives me something to think about in our relations with people from other countries. (  ) bluesviola | Sep 9, 2009 |  no reviews | add a review
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