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Learn moreIn answer to the question of what happened following her New York Times bestseller Kabul Beauty School, Deborah Rodriquez is back with a new memoir.
Irreverent, insightful, and blatantly honest, Deborah takes us along on her inspiring journey of self-discovery and renewal after she is forced to flee Afghanistan in 2007. She first lands in California, where she feels like a misfit teetering on the brink of sanity. Where was that fearless redhead who stared danger in the face back in Kabul?
After being advised to commune with glowworms and sit in contemplation for a year, Rodriguez finally packs her life and her cat into her Mini Cooper and moves to a seaside town in Mexico. Despite having no plan, no friends, and no Spanish, a determined Rodriguez soon finds herself swept up in a world where the music never stops and a new life can begin. Her adventures and misadventures among the expats and locals help lead the way to new love, new family, and a new sense of herself.
In the magic of Mexico, she finds the hairdresser within and builds the life she never knew was possible—a life on her own terms.
Deborah Rodriguez is a hairdresser, motivational speaker, and bestselling author. She taught at and later directed the Kabul Beauty School in Afghanistan, where she also owned the Oasis Salon and the Cabul Coffee House. She currently lives in Mazatlán, Mexico.
Bernadette Dunne is the winner of more than a dozen AudioFile Earphones Awards and has twice been nominated for the prestigious Audie Award. She studied at the Royal National Theatre in London and the Studio Theater in Washington, DC, and has appeared at the Kennedy Center and off Broadway.
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“Following her forced evacuation from Afghanistan in 2007, Rodriguez found herself unmoored and without a life plan…Following a cruise to Mexico, she purchased a small house in the Mexican resort city of Mazatlán and began rebuilding her life…Fans of Rodriguez’s brash and honest tone will thoroughly enjoy this next installment in her remarkable story.”
“This inspirational read is bound to appeal to anyone contemplating their second or third act.”
“Readers who fell in love with Rodriguez’s chronicle of life in Afghanistan will surely revel in this candid, intimate tale of starting over in middle age in a new country.”
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