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Deborah Rodriguez

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Deborah Rodriguez is a hairdresser, a motivational speaker, and the author of the bestselling memoir Kabul Beauty School.
She spent five years teaching at and later directing the Kabul Beauty School, the first modern beauty academy and training salon in Afghanistan. Rodriguez also owned the Oasis Salon and the Cabul Coffee House.
She currently lives in Mexico.

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	The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul 3.67 avg rating — 28,871 ratings — published 2011 — 47 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kabul Beauty School: An American Woman Goes Behind the Veil by Deborah Rodriguez (Goodreads Author), Kristin Ohlson (Goodreads Author) 3.66 avg rating — 25,420 ratings — published 2007 — 69 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Return to the Little Coffee Shop of Kabul (The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul #2) 3.77 avg rating — 3,933 ratings — published 2016 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Zanzibar Wife 3.43 avg rating — 2,207 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Margarita Wednesdays: Making a New Life by the Mexican Sea 3.51 avg rating — 1,494 ratings — published 2014 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Island on the Edge of the World 3.72 avg rating — 997 ratings — published 2019 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Moroccan Daughter 3.63 avg rating — 1,018 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Farewell to The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul 4.25 avg rating — 633 ratings — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul / Return to the Little Coffee Shop of Kabul / Island on the Edge of the World / The Zanzibar Wife 4.33 avg rating — 12 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Letter From My Ferret it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Women are like tea bags; you never know how strong they are until they’re put in hot water. — ELEANOR ROOSEVELT”
― Deborah Rodriguez, The Little Coffee Shop Of Kabul

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“People, even those closest to you, are surprising...Nobody is everything they seem.”
― Deborah Rodriguez, A Cup of Friendship

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“It was as if you could see into the sky, through it's layers and into it's core. Layers of stars, translucent blanket upon blanket. The beauty was overwhelming. The wind blew her hair, and she willed herself to stop, to breathe, to feel.”
― Deborah Rodriguez, A Cup of Friendship

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The Castaways

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Kabul Beauty School: An American Woman Goes Behind the Veil

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by George R.R. Martin

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