Deborah Rodriguez - Kabul Beauty School

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Most Westerners working in Afghanistan spend their time tucked inside

a military compound or embassy. Not Deborah Rodriguez. Here, she tells

the story of the beauty school she founded in the middle of Kabul and

of the vibrant women who were her students. When Rodriguez opened the

Kabul Beauty School, she not only empowered her students with a new

sense of autonomy but also made some of the closest friends of her life.

Woven through the book are the stories of her students: the newlywed

who must fake her virginity; the 12-year-old sold into marriage to pay

her family's debts; and a woman who pursues her training despite her

Taliban husband's constant beatings. They all bring their stories to

the beauty school, where, along with Rodriguez herself, they learn the

art of perms, friendship, and freedom.