Smita, Giulia, Sarah: three lives, three continents, three women with nothing in common, but nevertheless bound by a rare expression of courage . . . like three strands in a braid. Through the story of one woman's hair, three women's destinies are drawn together. India. Smita is an untouchable, married to a 'rat hunter', her job to clean with her bare hands the village latrines, just like her mother before her. Her dream is to see her daughter escape this same fate, and learn to read. When this hope is shattered, she decides to run away with the child, despite her husband's warnings, sacrificing what is most precious to her: her hair. Sicily. Giulia is a worker in her father's wig workshop, the last of its kind in Palermo. She classifies, washes, bleaches, and dyes the hair provided by the city's hairdressers. When her father is the victim of a serious accident, she quickly discovers the family company is bankrupt. Canada. Sarah is a reputed lawyer. As a twice-divorced mother of three children, she ploughs through cases at breakneck speed. Just as she is about to be promoted, she learns she has breast cancer. Her seemingly perfect existence begins to show its cracks . . . But this is only if one ignores the incredible lust for life that keeps her going. Laetitia Colombani's The Braid is the powerfully moving story of three women's courage in the face of adversity.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
ISBN-13
9781509881086
eBay Product ID (ePID)
23046602520
Product Key Features
Book Title
The Braid
Author
Laetitia Colombani
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Books
Publication Year
2019
Number of Pages
224 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
224mm
Item Width
142mm
Item Weight
348g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Laetitia Colombani
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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