{"product_id":"hot-comb-paperback","title":"Hot Comb - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEbony Flowers\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAppeared on best of the year lists from \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNPR\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, and more  Nominated for an NAACP Image Award and Winner of the \u003ci\u003eBeliever\u003c\/i\u003e Book Award for Fiction \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHot Comb\u003c\/i\u003e offers a poignant glimpse into black women's lives and coming-of-age stories as seen across a crowded, ammonia-scented hair salon while ladies gossip and bond over the burn. The titular \"Hot Comb\" is about a young girl's first perm--a doomed ploy to look cool and stop seeming \"too white\" in the all-black neighborhood her family has just moved into. In \"Virgin Hair,\" taunts of \"tender-headed\" sting as much as the perm itself. \"My Lil Sister Lena\" shows the stress of being the only black player on a white softball team. Lena's hair is the team curio, an object to be touched, a subject to be discussed and debated at the will of her teammates, leading Lena to develop an anxiety disorder of pulling her own hair out. Throughout \u003ci\u003eHot Comb\u003c\/i\u003e, Ebony Flowers re-creates classic magazine ads idealizing women's need for hair relaxers and products. \"Change your hair form to fit your life form\" and \"Kinks and Koils Forever\" call customers from the page. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRealizations about race, class, and the imperfections of identity swirl through these stories and ads, which are by turns sweet, insightful, and heartbreaking. Flowers began drawing comics while earning her Ph.D., and her early mastery of sequential storytelling is nothing short of sublime. \u003ci\u003eHot Comb\u003c\/i\u003e is a propitious display of talent from a new cartoonist who has already made her mark.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbony Flowers\u003c\/b\u003e is a cartoonist and ethnographer specializing in qualitative research and evaluation, picture-based methods, curriculum studies, and STEAM education. She began drawing comics while earning her Ph.D. in curriculum and instruction from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 184\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.9 x 6.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 18, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hot Comb\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 3\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770226278688,"sku":"9781770463486","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/bc90a10f8a1af2acf06c22fee1c0dbdc.webp?v=1780367245","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/hot-comb-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}