St. Martin's has created a little somethin' somethin' for the sistahs. Rosie's Curl and Weave is an anthology of four romances by Felicia Mason, Donna Hill, Francis Ray and Rochelle Alers. The collection is unified by scenes in Rosie's Curl and Weave, a hair salon on historic 125th Street in Harlem. Rosie's Curl and Weave captures the essence of the Black beauty shop. Rosie's is a full-service salon.
Clients can get a press and curl, perms, braids, weaves, curls, manicures, pedicures and facials.
But, as the four stories in the anthology illustrate, Rosie's specializes in total make overs for the mind, the body and the spirit. Louis Sweet is a 57-year old widower. He and his late wife, Rosie, met in beauty school, married and established their first salon in the basement of the apartment building where they lived. Word had gotten out that an eligible older widower was available. The ladies gave him three months, what they apparently decided was a suitable mourning period, then all of a sudden the shop overflowed with apple and sweet potato pies.