{"product_id":"me-my-hair-and-i-twenty-seven-women-untangle-an-obsession-9781616204112","title":"Me, My Hair, and I: Twenty-Seven Women Untangle an Obsession","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"[A] splendid collection . . . By turns wry, tender, pointed, and laugh-out-loud funny.\" --\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBenedict, Elizabeth:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eElizabeth Benedict\u003c\/b\u003e is a graduate of Barnard College and the author of five novels, including the bestseller \u003ci\u003eAlmost\u003c\/i\u003e and the National Book Award finalist \u003ci\u003eSlow Dancing. \u003c\/i\u003eShe is the editor of the anthologies \u003ci\u003eWhat My Mother Gave Me, \u003c\/i\u003e a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller, and \u003ci\u003eMentors, Muses \u0026amp; Monsters, \u003c\/i\u003eand has written for the\u003ci\u003e New York Times, \u003c\/i\u003ethe \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe, \u003c\/i\u003ethe\u003ci\u003e Los Angeles Times, Esquire, \u003c\/i\u003e and the\u003ci\u003e Huffington Post, \u003c\/i\u003ethe\u003ci\u003e Rumpus, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eTin House. \u003c\/i\u003eTwo of her essays have been selected for \u003ci\u003eBest American Essays \u003c\/i\u003ecollections. She has taught widely and works as a writing coach and editor. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Algonquin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50567227670802,"sku":"9781616204112","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f1212eee-506b-440c-beb5-1df8ba0168bc.jpg?v=1731915254","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/me-my-hair-and-i-twenty-seven-women-untangle-an-obsession-9781616204112","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}