Новинки Деборы Родригез

Haiti. A poor country rich in courage, strength and love. As these four women are about to discover. Charlie, the rootless daughter of American missionaries, now working as a hairdresser in Northern California. But the repercussions of a traumatic childhood far from home have left her struggling for her way in life. Bea, Charlie’s eccentric grandmother, who is convinced a reunion with her estranged mother will help Charlie heal. Lizbeth, a Texas widow who has never strayed too far from home. She is on a daunting journey into the unknown, searching for the grandchild she never knew existed. And Senzey, a young Haitian mother dealing with a lifetime of love and loss, who shows them the true meaning of bravery. Together they venture through the teeming, colorful streets of Port-au-Prince, into the worlds of do-gooders doing more harm than good, Vodou practitioners, artists, activists, and everyday Haitian men and women determined to survive against all odds. For Charlie, Bea, Lizbeth and Senzey, life will never be the same again…

The honest, entertaining and life-affirming sequel to The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul, featuring the same loveable cast of characters, from internationally bestselling author Deborah Rodriguez.

In a little coffee shop in war-torn Kabul, five very different women unite for one important cause: to protect the women in Afghanistan.

Now back home in the US, SUNNY, the founder, is finding it difficult to settle and dreams of returning to her beloved coffee shop.

SHEA is haunted by a traumatic event that makes her renounce her Afghan heritage.

YAZMINA, the coffee shop's new owner, wants to use her newfound security to help other women avoid the fate she narrowly escaped.

ZARA, promised in marriage to a violent man she's never met, arrives at the coffee shop seeking sanctuary.

And HALAJAN, the grandmother still breaking all the rules, is secretly learning to drive . . .

Together, these five women set out to change their lives, and the lives of women in Afghanistan, for ever

Intimate, honest and touching, this is the story of Deborah Rodriguez's often hilarious journey of self-discovery. Forced to flee her life in Afghanistan, she leaves behind her friends, her possessions and her two beloved businesses: a hair salon and a coffee shop.

But life proves no easier 'back home'. After a year living in California where she teeters on the edge of sanity, Deborah makes a decision: she's going to get the old Deb back. So, at the age of forty-nine, she packs her life and her cat, Polly, into her Mini Cooper and heads south to a pretty seaside town in Mexico. Home is now an unassuming little house on Carnaval Street.

If you liked Eat, Pray, Love you will love The House on Carnaval Street. Rodriguez's story speaks to every woman, mother, sister, wife - to anyone who has ever questioned their relationships, their place in the world and the choices that they've made.

In a little beauty school in the war zone of Kabul, a community of women comes together, all with stories to tell.

DEBBIE, the American hairdresser who co-founds the training salon. As the burqas are removed in class, curls are coiffed and make-up is applied, Debbie's students share with her their stories - and their hearts.

MINA, forcibly married to a man in repayment of a family debt and threatened with having her child taken away.

ROSHANNA, a tearful young bride terrified her in-laws will discover she's not a virgin.

And NAHIDA, the prize pupil who bears the scars of her Taliban husband's approval.

In the Kabul Beauty School, these women and many others find a safe haven and the seeds of their future independence.

After hard luck and heartbreak, Sunny finally finds a place to call home—in the middle of an Afghanistan war zone. There, the thirty-eight-year-old serves up her American hospitality to the expats who patronize her coffee shop, including a British journalist, a “danger pay” consultant, and a wealthy and well-connected woman. True to her name, Sunny also bonds with people whose language and landscape are unfamiliar to most Westerners, but whose hearts and souls are very much like our own: the maternal Halajan, who vividly recalls the days before the Taliban and now must hide a modern romance from her ultratraditional son; and Yazmina, a young Afghan villager with a secret that could put everyone’s life in jeopardy. In this gorgeous first novel, New York Times bestselling author Deborah Rodriguez paints a stirring portrait of a faraway place where—even in the fog of political and social conflict—friendship, passion, and hope still exist.

Дебора Родригес, не очень успешная и не очень молодая парикмахерша из провинциального американского городка, решает сбежать от накопившихся неразрешимых проблем в... Афганистан. Оказавшись в послевоенном Кабуле, она возрождается к жизни вместе с выжженным дотла городом. Дебора открывает первую в Афганистане школу красоты и тем самым спасает жизни своим новым подругам - афганским женщинам, которые мечтают обрести независимость в мире, где все вертится вокруг мужчин.

"Чокнутая Деб", а если точнее, то Дебора Родригес - уже дважды побывавшая замужем и дважды разведенная, свободная от обоих своих мужей и от всех обязательств, не очень молодая и не очень успешная парикмахерша из провинциального американского городка, которая, по мнению соседей, никак не может успокоиться и зажить как все, решает сбежать от накопившихся неразрешимых проблем в... Афганистан. Сбежать для того, чтобы помочь тем, кому живется еще хуже, чем ей, и одновременно решить, что ей делать дальше.
Бросаясь в авантюру, Дебора даже не могла подумать, до какой степени это решение изменит ее жизнь. Оказавшись в послевоенном Кабуле, она возрождается к жизни вместе с этим выжженным дотла городом.
Дебора организует первую в Афганистане школу красоты и тем самым спасает жизни своим новым подругам - афганским женщинам, которые мечтают получить профессию, организовать свое дело и таким образом обрести финансовую самостоятельность. Для молодых афганок, живущих в мире, в котором все зависит от мужчин и вертится вокруг них, каждое такое решение превращается в личный подвиг.
Решая чужие проблемы и меняя чужие судьбы, совершенно неожиданно для себя Дебора находит новую любовь и свое непростое женское счастье.