Hot comb
(Graphic Novel)

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Published
[Montréal, Québec] : Drawn & Quarterly, [2019].
Format
Graphic Novel
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
180 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Status
Main Library - Adult Graphic Novels
305.48896 Flo
1 available
Oliver La Farge - Adult
305.48896 Flo
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Published
[Montréal, Québec] : Drawn & Quarterly, [2019].
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Accelerated Reader
UG
Level 3, 1 Points

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"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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Accelerated Reader AR,UG,3,1,517784.

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