Kathleen Flynn Hui Beyond the Blonde

Beyond the Blonde

Kathleen Flynn Hui

Warner, Sep 2005, $21.95

ISBN: 0446500178

Georgia Watkins grew up in her single mom's beauty salon in Weepeekeemie, New Hampshire, but wants to do the hair of the rich and famous, not the local yokels that her mother did to keep food on their table. Encouraged by her mother, Georgia attends school, and afterward obtains a job sweeping floors above Madison Ave at Jean Luc, the in spot for hair and beautification.

Georgia soon works her way from a hair sweeper to doing the hair of clients that she classifies by their roots, such as the Greenwich or the Beverly Hills etc... As she rises, she also gains a boyfriend, Masissmo, who works at the salon too. However, when she is betrayed, Georgia leaves the high society salon to start over downtown, even though the angry owner Jean Luc wants her out of town.

BEYOND THE BLONDE is a fun light hearted chick lit tale, that stars a wonderful protagonist who wants to take Manhattan and at first does. It is amusing how the rich and famous pamper their hair stylists, as the in crowd must keep in good stead with the person working miracles on their scalp. Fans will appreciate this amusing novel, that stars a likable heroine who avoids the sub-genre's nuclear lists, while entertaining readers with just the right touch of coloring.