Kabul Beauty School: An American Woman Goes Behind the Veil (Audiobook)

from varielle

This book made me cringe. Despite her good intentions in volunteering to go to Afghanistan, I found the ignorance and insensitivity Rodriguez exhibited from time to time to be really off-putting. Although she changed the names and circumstances to "protect" the inidividuals in this memoir, it wou...

from Chatterbox

This is a book that clearly showcases the best intentions of Americans towards those in need of assistance; it also shows just how ill-conceived that aid may be in practice. Deborah Rodriguez cheerfully admits that she had no useful skills to bring to an aid mission to Afghanistan (other than an ...

from goldiebear

This book didn't do a whole lot for me. It wasn't what I expected. I mean, what Rodriguez did was very interesting and even brave, but I felt like she kind of tooted her own horn a lot. (look at me, look how great I am). Maybe it is because I have a hard time relating to the whole "beauty school ...

from EileenWYSIWYG

I have mixed feelings about this book. It was very readable and on the surface, I think what Rodriguez wanted to do for women in Afghanistan is commendable, BUT...she went at it like a typical American. As a nation, we are so brainwashed about our own greatness, that we are inevitably cultural bu...

from karynwhite

An informative non-fiction text that tells the story of Debbie Rodriguez - an American who wne to work for a charity training women in Kabul to be beauticians. Once they were trained, they could earn their own money and be free-er in a very restricted society. It's an easy to read story, the narr...