β Scribed by Laetitia Colombani
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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 womanβs hair, three womenβs destinies are drawn together.
India. Smita is an untouchable, married to a βrat hunterβ, 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 husbandβs warnings, sacrificing what is most precious to her: her hair.
Sicily. Giulia is a worker in her fatherβs wig workshop, the last of its kind in Palermo. She classifies, washes, bleaches, and dyes the hair provided by the cityβs 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 Colombaniβs The Braid is the powerfully moving story of three womenβs courage in the face of adversity.
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Determination (Personality trait) -- Fiction
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