Jackie Cotham

The (not so) Hairsterical Life of a Nappy-Headed Black Girl (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

Good hair, bad hair, what the hair is going on? They say it's supposed to be a woman's crowning glory, but for Jackie, a young, black girl from the deep South, it is everything but! Growing up black and female is tough enough, but coupled with coping with a head full of nappy hair in a world made up of people consumed by ignorance who would soon rather mock her existence simply because they don't understand it—well that's another demon altogether.

hair is going on? They say it's supposed to be a woman's crowning glory, but for Jackie, a young, black girl from the deep South, it is everything but! Growing up black and female is tough enough, but coupled with coping with a head full of nappy hair in a world made up of people consumed by ignorance who would soon rather mock her existence simply because they don't understand it—well that's another demon altogether.

The (not so) Hairsterical Life of a Nappy-Headed Black Girl follows the life of Jackie, its main character, who is exceedingly self-aware of her hair from the age of three through adulthood. Jackie will try just about any kind of shenanigans from wigs and braids to hair-scorching relaxers to find the answer to having the "good hair" that will somehow make her good enough. Throughout her futile hair journey, the many people she faces, both within and outside of her race, along with her many hair challenges force her to learn important lessons about life. The question is will she use them to accept herself as she is or become a bitter, angry black woman in a never-ending battle to fit into societal norms.

The (not so) Hairsterical Life of a Nappy-Headed Black Girl follows the life of Jackie, its main character, who is exceedingly self-aware of her hair from the age of three through adulthood. Jackie will try just about any kind of shenanigans from wigs and braids to hair-scorching relaxers to find the answer to having the "good hair" that will somehow make her good enough. Throughout her futile hair journey, the many people she faces, both within and outside of her race, along with her many hair challenges force her to learn important lessons about life. The question is will she use them to accept herself as she is or become a bitter, angry black woman in a never-ending battle to fit into societal norms.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rose Publishing
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781393646297
• Artikelnr.: 57805352

Autorenporträt

Jackie Cotham is a serial entrepreneur, teacher, college professor and writer. Her many endeavors all stem from a love since childhood for reading and writing. After earning an undergraduate degree in Communications and Journalism and a graduate degree in Technology Education, she married the two passions and became an English teacher, and then an English professor at a local college. She also started her own businesses including a tutoring company, which helps children to become better readers and writers, a design company helping entrepreneurs to creatively market their small businesses and a training and development company that teaches women how to succeed in the workforce. Jackie's love for teaching, desire to empower women and passion for writing made becoming an author a no-brainer. Since beginning her writing journey, she has contributed to several media outlets on issues related to women of color from job inequality to natural hair. Using her gift of gab, she also has her own author blog, appropriately titled, The Shameless Rant (www.jackiecotham.com) where fans can go to read about and discuss topics related to women, as well as receive inspiration and motivation to be able to take on the world.