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Hot comb Cover Image Book Book

Hot comb

Flowers, Ebony (author,, artist.).

Summary: "Hot Comb offers a poignant glimpse into Black women's lives and coming of age stories as seen across a crowded, ammonia-scented hair salon while ladies gossip and bond over the burn. The titular story "Hot Comb" is about a young girl's first perm--a doomed ploy to look cool and to stop seeming "too white" in the all-black neighborhood her family has just moved to. In "Virgin Hair" taunts of "tender-headed" sting as much as the perm itself. It's a scenario that repeats fifteen years later as an adult when, tired of the maintenance, Flowers shaves her head only to be hurled new put-downs. Realizations about race, class, and the imperfections of identity swirl through Flowers' stories and ads, which are by turns sweet, insightful, and heartbreaking." --Provided by publisher.

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  • ISBN: 1770463488
  • ISBN: 9781770463486
  • Physical Description: 180 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 23 cm
    print
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: [Montréal, Québec] : Drawn & Quarterly, [2019]

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Formatted Contents Note: Hot comb -- Lady on the train -- Big Ma -- Fieldwork follies -- My lil siser Lena -- Spaniard -- Sisters & daughters -- Last Angolan Saturday.

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Genre: Graphic novels.
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  • 5 of 5 copies available at Sage Library System. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Lake County Library District. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Lake County Main Library - Lakeview.

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