ME, MY HAIR, AND I: TWENTY-SEVEN WOMEN UNTANGLE AN OBSESSION
Book ID/图书代码： 00342515B82193
English Summary/英文概要： These twenty-seven “hair pieces” offer up reflections and revelations about family, race, religion, ritual, culture, motherhood, politics, celebrity, what goes on in African American kitchens and at Hindu Bengali weddings, alongside stories about the influence of Jackie Kennedy, Lena Horne, Farrah Fawcett, and the Grateful Dead. Layered into these essays you’ll find surprises, insights, hilarity, and the resonance of common experience.
Marita Golden writes about her grief over what so many African American women still endure to obtain “good hair.” Patricia Volk itemizes her seventeen hair care products, each with a price tag. Myra Goldberg tells of how ill equipped she was to tend the hair of her adopted biracial daughter. And Suleika Jaouad describes the ravages of chemotherapy and the empowerment of shaving designs onto her head.
These writers know that a woman’s hair is her glory, her nemesis, her history, and her self-esteem. They know, too, that many things in life matter more than hair, but few bring as much pleasure as a really great hairdo.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 这27个“头发丝”提供了关于家庭、种族、宗教、仪式、文化、母性,政治、名人的反思和启示。在非裔美国人的厨房和印度孟加拉婚礼到底发生了什么，循着Jackie Kennedy, Lena Horne, Farrah Fawcett,和感恩死的故事的影响。在这些文章中流淌着的惊喜,洞察力,欢闹,共同经历的共鸣你会发现。
Marita Golden写作关于这么多非洲裔妇女的备用依然受到很多的好评。Patricia Volk列举了她的17种，每一个都带着价格标签。Myra Goldberg讲述了病魔是如何折磨她收养的女儿的头发的。以及Suleika Jaouad讲述了化疗的摧残和在她头上剃发设计的权利。
这些作者知道女人的头发是她的荣耀，她的报应，她的历史个她的自尊。他们也知道，生活中事情比头发重要，但是很少像一个好的发型带来的乐趣那么多。(LNL)
Awards/获奖情况：“这个系列不仅仅因为它涉及到的题材很独特。它还提供了文化评论使其变得有洞见，幽默和感人。。。令人惊讶的引人入胜的阅读。”—Kirkus 评论
“Elizabeth Benedict集结了这么多精彩的作家来审查头发的诱惑,魔法,诅咒,刺激,欲望,和悲伤。用轻柔的笔触和广阔的去描写，这些文章可能会从外部开始，但是他们深入于作者们的生活，进入外表意味着什么，进入他们如何审视自己和他们在世界中的位置”—Luanne Rice,《柠檬果园》的作者
“许多真理从头发中释放出来，引领我们看待生活的本质。”—Pamela Druckerman,《抚养 Bébé》的作者
“这本书是让我想象着当我放任自己的头发变灰和我的丈夫与我达成了协议如果他停止讨论曲棍球而我则不再说起我的头发。现在随着这些精彩的、笃定的和有见地的文章，使我明白了在我的头发和我之间仅仅只是一根头发的距离。这美妙的系列把我们从Samson 和Delilah带到银狐狸对于我们痴迷于头发的人来说是一个棒极了的阅读体验。或者那些与我们一起生活的人。一个系列，我敢说是余下所有的切口。” —Mary Morris，《爵士宫殿》的作者
“This collection is not only unique for the subject matter it addresses. It also provides cultural commentary that is by turns insightful, humorous, and moving. . . Surprisingly engaging reading.” —Kirkus Reviews
“Elizabeth Benedict has gathered such wonderful writers to examine the allure, magic, curse, thrills, seductions, and sorrows of hair. Written with tender sensitivity and wild wit, these essays may start with the external, but they go deep into the lives of the writers, into what appearance means, and into how they see themselves and their place in the world.” —Luanne Rice, author of The Lemon Orchard
“Untangles the many truths about hair, and the lives we lead underneath it.” —Pamela Druckerman, author of Bringing up Bébé
“This is the book I wish I’d had when I let my hair go gray and when my husband and I made the pact that if he stopped talking about hockey, I’d stop talking about my hair. Now with these wonderful, affirming and insightful essays, I understand that there’s merely a hair’s breadth between my hair and myself. This brilliant collection that takes us from Samson and Delilah to silver foxes is a terrific read for those of us who obsess about our hair. Or those who live with those of us who do. A collection that’s, dare I say, a cut above the rest.” —Mary Morris, author of The Jazz Palace
About the Author/作者介绍： Elizabeth Benedict 是一个Barnard 学院的毕业生 和五本小说的作者，其中包括畅销小说《几乎》和入围国家图书奖的《慢舞》。她是文集《我母亲所给予我的》，一个纽约时报最畅销读物，和《导师，缪斯和怪物》的编辑，并且为纽约时报，波士顿环球，洛杉矶时报，时尚先生，和Huffington邮报，喧嚣和天阁撰写过文章。她的两篇文章还被选入过美国最佳小说合集。 她教授得很广泛并且工作为一个写作教练和编辑。
Elizabeth Benedict is a graduate of Barnard College and the author of five novels, including the bestseller Almost and the National Book Award finalist Slow Dancing. She is the editor of the anthologies What My Mother Gave Me, a New York Times bestseller, and Mentors, Muses & Monsters, and has written for the New York Times, the Boston Globe, the Los Angeles Times, Esquire, and the Huffington Post, the Rumpus, and Tin House. Two of her essays have been selected for Best American Essays collections. She has taught widely and works as a writing coach and editor.
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