Review: A Must Read!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 3, 2013
How does an elite hair stylist cope when her dream of transcending the heights of New York's finest salons by managing the soon to open crown jewel on renown Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills are dashed? What happens when she discovers that her Aunt Edna has bequeathed her The Hair Mavens Salon in the rural burb of Gladstone, Pennsylvania?  Can this fish returning to the pond she fled from and learn the lessons her aunt hoped for? Will the less than stellar staff she is saddled with unite, become adversaries, or worse yet undo the legacy of The Hair Mavens blessings that their beloved Edna showered on her nice and the three women she loved and cared for?Aunt Edna's will sets the stage for all that will unfold. And now during a private meeting with Aunt Edna's attorney, her nice, Shira reads the bequest which says, "I left you The Hair Mavens, dear one, but I also leave you the mavens themselves. You cannot separate them from the salon, because they are the salon."Written with a loving hand, author Terri Gillespie, plumbs the depth of personal and faith issues, the consequence of choices, and shows us a loving God. Throughout the read we see the human condition juxtaposed with the reality that life is always worth the journey and both choices made and secrets kept cannot trap us unless we allow them to.I could go on and on about the story, but not wanting to spoil it, I think it best to share that as an author and book reviewer, I have read many wonderful books, but none besides this one captivated me to the point where I set aside everything else to read. If you're able, I suggest you find a quite spot and allow yourself the blessing of getting lost in the Hair Mavens because there is much more to this read than doing good hair, and as a retired hairdresser, I should know!Always writing about choices and how God can help us change, Paula Rose Michelson wrote the Amazon Best Selling Christian self-help book "How Did We Become Angry?" That book and her three sweet Christian fictions with a Messianic twist and a hint of history: "Beginning Anew: The Naomi Chronicles" and "Casa de Naomi: The House of Blessing, Books One and Two", are available on Amazon.