Three Rivers Press
January 2002
On Sale: December 31, 2001
Featuring: Venus Johnson
320 pages ISBN: 0609808982 EAN: 9780609808986 Paperback (reprint) Add to Wish List
Venus Johnston has a
great job, a beautiful home, and a loving live-in boyfriend
named
Clint, who happens to be a drop-dead gorgeous doctor. She
also has a
weekly beauty-parlor date with Tina, who keeps her long,
processed hair
slick and straight. Ever since childhood, the tedious hours
in the
salon and harsh, burning chemicals have grated on Venus, and
increasingly, she dreams of cutting off her beautiful “good”
hair. When
her boyfriend keeps balking at commitment, and the thought
of another
hour at the salon is just too much, Venus decides to give it
up—all of
it. She trades in the long hair for a dramatically short,
natural cut,
and sends Clint packing. It’s a bold declaration of
independence, and
one that has effects she never could have imagined. With wit,
resilience, and a lot of determination, Venus finally learns
what true
happiness is...on her own terms. It’s a delicious story told
with savvy
and humor—a novel that marks the debut of a fresh new voice in
fiction.
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