{"product_id":"me-my-hair-and-i-twenty-seven-women-untangle-an-obsession-paperback","title":"Me, My Hair, and I: Twenty-Seven Women Untangle an Obsession - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eElizabeth Benedict\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"[A] splendid collection . . . By turns wry, tender, pointed, and laugh-out-loud funny.\" --\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Untangles the many truths about hair, and the lives we lead underneath it.\" --Pamela Druckerman, author of \u003ci\u003eBringing Up Bébé\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Ask a woman about her hair, and she just might tell you the story of her life. Ask a whole bunch of women about their hair, and you could get a history of the world. Surprising, insightful, frequently funny, and always forthright, the essays in \u003ci\u003eMe, My Hair, and I \u003c\/i\u003eare reflections and revelations about every aspect of women's lives from family, race, religion, and motherhood to culture, health, politics, and sexuality. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e They take place in African American kitchens, at Hindu Bengali weddings, and inside Hasidic Jewish homes. The conversation is intimate and global at once. Layered into these reminiscences are tributes to influences throughout history: Jackie Kennedy, Lena Horne, Farrah Fawcett, the Grateful Dead, and Botticelli's Venus. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The long and the short of it is that our hair is our glory--\u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e our nemesis, our history, our self-esteem, our joy, our mortality. Every woman knows that many things in life matter more than hair, but few bring as much pleasure as a really great hairdo.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHair matters. And these writers go to great lengths to help us understand why.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdriana Trigiani on trendy hair: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"I figure when Madonna gets scared about changing her hair, something is about to blow again, like Vesuvius.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarita Golden on black hair: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Black women's hair is knotted and gnarled byissues of race, politics, history, and pride.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnne Kreamer on going gray: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Much to my surprise, when I stopped coloring my hair, time began to slow down, in a good way.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaria Hinojosa on curly hair: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"As I came to accept and even love my wild hair, it became a way for me to feel power that I had never experienced.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlex Kuczynski on waxing: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"'Very beautiful.' I will never forget those words. I associate them with shock and vulnerability--and chafing.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDeborah Feldman on covering hair: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Eventually I threw away my wigs. I abandoned the community that had forced me to wear them.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSuleika Jaouad on lost hair: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Chemotherapy is a take-no-prisoners stylist.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePatricia Volk on products: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"High-functioning hair obsessives rarely go it alone. We have a team. The products, the people.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Untangles the many truths about hair, and the lives we lead underneath it.\" --Pamela Druckerman, author of \u003ci\u003eBringing Up Bébé\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"[A] splendid collection . . . By turns wry, tender, pointed, and laugh-out-loud funny.\" --\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.65 x 8.23 x 5.68 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 29, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51760345121056,"sku":"9781616204112","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/6f82ef86605d6caab20247dc9cd29172.webp?v=1780177785","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/me-my-hair-and-i-twenty-seven-women-untangle-an-obsession-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}