{"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":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eElizabeth Benedict\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAsk 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\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\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.65 x 8.23 x 5.68 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 29, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53463127720243,"sku":"9781616204112","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/s3xxpj-vy.myshopify.com\/products\/me-my-hair-and-i-twenty-seven-women-untangle-an-obsession-paperback","provider":"The Celestial Starlit Phoenix ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}