Kabul Beauty School by Deborah Rodriguez

I wanted this to be like Three Cups of Tea but it was more Reading Lolita in Tehran. I was all about her getting to really understand the Afghan women and moving outside the safe NGO compounds. But then I did some research on Rodriguez and found out that the school is closed and that although the book brought her great recognition, it put the women she wrote about in danger. What I can’t believe is how people living in a war zone continue to live “life as usual”. How do you worry about a manicure when bombs are falling around you. Not to mention being terrorized by your husband.