Cleveland writer Kristin Ohlson
The best-selling tale of a tequila-drinking, cigarette-smoking hairdresser who helped set up a beauty school in Afghanistan comes to Legacy Village tonight. Deborah Rodriguez, who wrote the memoir Kabul Beauty School with Cleveland writer Kristin Ohlson, will host a discussion and book signing at Joseph-Beth Booksellers.
It promises to be an interesting night. According to the New York Times, highlights of the book include times when Rodriguez “helps a bride fake her virginity on her wedding night; saves the school from a hostile governmental takeover; punches a man who fondles her in a marketplace; and marries a former mujahideen fighter…”
This article appears in Feb 13-19, 2008.