Customer Reviews
Brave beyond prudence - By: G. J. Weeks, 05 Sep 2008 
I have read a number of books on Afghanistan & have visited Kabul. This is the most amazing book I have read concerning that troubled country. The author went there after 9/11 to work with a medical NGO. She found her hairdressing & beautician's skills muchin demand & a way to help Afghan women eventually starting her own school. Her commitment to the Afghan women is outstanding. She is brave to the point of follyin battles with all & sundry from muggers to ministries.She becomes the second wife of an Afghan &in the end has to leave the country for her own safety. This is one very feisty female. Her book is all the more remarkable as despite her bad experiences with men, home & abroad, her book is devoid of any feministic reaction.
Very disappointing - By: D. Sawyer, 02 May 2008 
Great subject - I read a lot of books on the Middle East/Asia/India but after reading the Kiterunner I found the prose very weak. I didn't feel myself getting absorbedin the same way as I did when I read the Kiterunner or Purple Hibiscus - which were so well written. I think some of the American terms spoilt it & it didn't have the depth that I likein a book.
Excellent read!! - By: Istanbul Kiz, 15 Mar 2008 I thought that this was an excellent book. I really couldnt put this down. I highly recommend it.
Courtesy of Teens Read Too - By: TeensReadToo.com, 19 Feb 2008 Deborah Rodriguez is a beautician from Michigan who went over to Afghanistan after September 11th to helpin any way she could. She quickly fellin love with the country & wanted to reestablish the Afghan beauticians who went out of existence when the Taliban took over. Along with help from others, she opened a beauty school where she trained Afghan women to become beauticians who could then open up their own beauty salons.
This amazing true story is heartwarming yet incredibly sad at the same time. The reader learns the personal & tragic story of the many Afghan women that Rodriguez befriends. We learn of their arranged marriages to men twice their age, abusive husbands who will divorce them if the women can't bear a son, & monetary struggles & desperate attempts to find that money. It is also wonderful to read about these same women becoming independent & happy due to their education from the beauty school & their friendship with Ms. Rodriguez.
This book is truly inspiring & educational. The reader learns about many customs & misconceptions about Afghanistan & its people through the real life experiences of Rodriguez. Her desire to help the kind Afghan people can inspire anyone to do the same.
KABUL BEAUTY SCHOOL is sure to please all readers who are open to learning about a foreign people, their customs, & an American woman who felt the need to dedicate her life to those less fortunate.
Reviewed by: Steph
