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Book Review of Kabul Beauty School: An American Woman Goes Behind the Veil

Kabul Beauty School: An American Woman Goes Behind the Veil
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When "Crazy Deb" Rodriquez agrees to go to Afghanistan, she assumes she'll be nursing the wounded with her basic training. Little did she know that her true value would come from her vocation as a hairdresser. Not only would she provide training to allow Afgani women to make their own money, she would become a sister/mother to many of them - and them to her.

While I couldn't imagine living the life that Deb explains - there is a beauty in the people and the family she created there.

The people she writes about are compelling and the situation is incredible. Fascinating stuff.