Hot comb
Book
Graphic fiction ; First edition.
"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."--
Available copies
- 2 of 3 copies available at OWWL.
Current holds
0 current holds with 3 total copies.| Location | Call Number / Shelving Location |
Barcode | Status / Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lima Public Library | YA GRAPHIC FLO (Text) Teen Graphic Books |
52139309240185 |
Available - |
| Macedon Public Library | GRAPHIC FLO (Text) Graphic Books |
52121300727592 |
Checked out 08/02/2019 |
| This copy is new and can only be picked up at this library. | |||
| Red Jacket Community Library | YA GRAPHIC FLO (Text) Teen Graphic Books |
RJP1002768 |
Available - |
| This copy is new and can only be picked up at this library. | |||