Deborah Rodriguez spent five years teaching and later directing the Kabul Beauty School, the firstmodern beauty academy and training salon in Afghanistan. She also owned the Oasis Salon and the Cabul Coffee House, and is the founder of the nonprofit organisation Oasis Rescue, which aims to teach women in post-conflict and disaster-stricken areas the art of hairdressing.Deborah lives in Mazatlán, Mexico, where she owns Tippy Toes salon and spa. To learn more about her, visit www.debbierodriguez.com

Kabul Beauty School transcends the feel-good genre largely because of the author's superior storytelling gifts and wicked sense of humor

1. 5/5

   It's a page turner

   The reasons why I liked this book so much are that it was written by someone very, very different from myself but still coming from the heart. I would never, for example, even wear makeup, and have not visited a beauty salon in decades. Yet I have a fascination with other cultures and highly appreciated her look into this one in a way I could never have achieved even had I visited Kabul myself. Now, of course in 2017, I wonder how it has changed. But cultures change very slowly and women are women, so I'm sure the look we got in this book is still authentic. For me, it was a page turner.

   Woodi S

   25 september 2017

Deborah Rodriguez spent five years teaching and later directing the Kabul Beauty School, the firstmodern beauty academy and training salon in Afghanistan. She also owned the Oasis Salon and the Cabul Coffee House, and is the founder of the nonprofit organisation Oasis Rescue, which aims to teach women in post-conflict and disaster-stricken areas the art of hairdressing.Deborah lives in Mazatlán, Mexico, where she owns Tippy Toes salon and spa. To learn more about her, visit www.debbierodriguez.com

Kabul Beauty School transcends the feel-good genre largely because of the author's superior storytelling gifts and wicked sense of humor

1. 5/5

   It's a page turner

   The reasons why I liked this book so much are that it was written by someone very, very different from myself but still coming from the heart. I would never, for example, even wear makeup, and have not visited a beauty salon in decades. Yet I have a fascination with other cultures and highly appreciated her look into this one in a way I could never have achieved even had I visited Kabul myself. Now, of course in 2017, I wonder how it has changed. But cultures change very slowly and women are women, so I'm sure the look we got in this book is still authentic. For me, it was a page turner.

   Woodi S

   25 september 2017

Deborah Rodriguez spent five years teaching and later directing the Kabul Beauty School, the firstmodern beauty academy and training salon in Afghanistan. She also owned the Oasis Salon and the Cabul Coffee House, and is the founder of the nonprofit organisation Oasis Rescue, which aims to teach women in post-conflict and disaster-stricken areas the art of hairdressing.Deborah lives in Mazatlán, Mexico, where she owns Tippy Toes salon and spa. To learn more about her, visit www.debbierodriguez.com

Kabul Beauty School transcends the feel-good genre largely because of the author's superior storytelling gifts and wicked sense of humor

1. 5/5

   It's a page turner

   The reasons why I liked this book so much are that it was written by someone very, very different from myself but still coming from the heart. I would never, for example, even wear makeup, and have not visited a beauty salon in decades. Yet I have a fascination with other cultures and highly appreciated her look into this one in a way I could never have achieved even had I visited Kabul myself. Now, of course in 2017, I wonder how it has changed. But cultures change very slowly and women are women, so I'm sure the look we got in this book is still authentic. For me, it was a page turner.

   Woodi S

   25 september 2017