Me, My Hair, and I: Twenty-Seven Women Untangle an Obsession

"[A] splendid collection . . . By turns wry, tender, pointed, and laugh-out-loud funny." --Publishers Weekly "Untangles...
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Me, My Hair, and I: Twenty-Seven Women Untangle an Obsession by Benedict, Elizabeth

Me, My Hair, and I: Twenty-Seven Women Untangle an Obsession

€28,07

Me, My Hair, and I: Twenty-Seven Women Untangle an Obsession

€28,07
Author: Elizabeth Benedict
Format: Paperback
Language: English
"[A] splendid collection . . . By turns wry, tender, pointed, and laugh-out-loud funny." --Publishers Weekly

"Untangles the many truths about hair, and the lives we lead underneath it." --Pamela Druckerman, author of Bringing Up Bébé

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 Me, My Hair, and I are reflections and revelations about every aspect of women's lives from family, race, religion, and motherhood to culture, health, politics, and sexuality.

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.

The long and the short of it is that our hair is our glory--and 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.

Author: Elizabeth Benedict
Publisher: Algonquin Books
Published: 09/29/2015
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.74lbs
Size: 8.23h x 5.68w x 0.65d
ISBN: 9781616204112


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 06/08/2015
Kirkus Reviews 06/15/2015
Booklist 08/01/2015 pg. 12
People Weekly 10/05/2015 pg. 58
Library Journal 09/15/2015 pg. 95
Entertainment Weekly 10/09/2015 pg. 2
Shelf Awareness 10/06/2015
BookPage 10/01/2015

About the Author
Benedict, Elizabeth: -

Elizabeth Benedict is a graduate of Barnard College and the author of five novels, including the bestseller Almost and the National Book Award finalist Slow Dancing. She is the editor of the anthologies What My Mother Gave Me, a New York Times bestseller, and Mentors, Muses & Monsters, and has written for the New York Times, the Boston Globe, the Los Angeles Times, Esquire, and the Huffington Post, the Rumpus, and Tin House. Two of her essays have been selected for Best American Essays collections. She has taught widely and works as a writing coach and editor.

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