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Authors: Deborah Rodriguez

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DEBORAH RODRIGUEZ
is the author of the nonfiction
New York Times
bestseller
Kabul Beauty School
and the internationally bestselling novel
The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul
. The hairdresser and motivational speaker was the founder and director of the first modern beauty academy in Afghanistan, and also founded the nonprofit Oasis Rescue. She lives in Mazatlán, Mexico, where she owns Tippy Toes salon and spa.
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ODRIGUEZ

Kabul Beauty School: An American Woman Goes Behind the Veil

The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul: A Novel

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Interior design by Akasha Archer

Jacket design by Anna Dorfman

Jacket photographs © Lee Frost/Rober Harding World Imagery/Getty Images (building/car); Madrugada Verde/Shutterstock (lantern); Fuyu Lio/Shutterstock (scarf); Blinka/Shutterstock (hat)

Author photograph by Susan Bonk

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Rodriguez, Deborah.

 Margarita Wednesdays : making a new life by the Mexican sea / by Deborah Rodriguez.

 pages cm

1. Rodriguez, Deborah. 2. Americans—Mexico—Biography. 3. Women—Mexico—Social life and customs—21st century. 4. Beauty operators—United States—Biography. 5. Beauty shops—Social aspects—Mexico. 6. Americans—Afghanistan—Biography. 7. Divorced women—United States—Biography. 8. Middle-aged women—United States—Biography. 9. Authors, American—21st century—Biography. 10. Mental healing I. Title

 F1210.R5849 2014

 305.40972—dc23

            2013046836

ISBN 978-1-4767-1066-2

ISBN 978-1-4767-1069-3 (ebook)

CONTENTS

Epigraph

Prologue

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Chapter 19

Chapter 20

Acknowledgments

Recipes

Lisa’s Classic Margarita

Lisa’s Salsa Tatemada (Roasted Salsa)

Lisa’s Mango Salsa

Lisa’s Mango Jalapeño Margaritas

Lisa’s Chicken, Lime and Tortilla Soup

Readers Group Guide

Introduction

Topics and Questions for Discussion

Enhance Your Book Club

About Deborah Rodriguez

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