Candy B. (candieb) reviewed on 8/10/2008 + 239 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 1

This may be more the narrator than the text, but I found parts of this to be haughty and "better than you" - if that makes any sense? HOWEVER -- this story is amazing. I knew much of this, but I also learned some new things. Some that have, once again, changed my thoughts and views on that part of the world. Ms. Rodriguez is to be commended for all she has done - and apparently continues to do - for these women. She may be "only a hairdresser" but she obviously gave some of the women the tools to get away from not only brutal marriages, but a way to increase their own self-worth and self-esteem. A very good memoir - a few places are a bit uncomfortable to read, it's not that it's brutal - more than it's brutally honest. I squirmed a bit in a few places. Well worth a read or listen.

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