Love Is in the Hair, Gemma Cary
Love Is in the Hair, Gemma Cary
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Love Is in the Hair

Author: Gemma Cary

Narrator: Taylor Meskimen

Unabridged: 8 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/27/2024


Synopsis

A feminist coming-of-age comedy that follows the endless humiliations, unrequited obsessions, and all-consuming friendships of fifteen-year-old Evia Birtwhistle as she leads a body hair positive revolution at her school.

Fifteen-year-old Evia Birtwhistle can’t seem to catch a break. At home, she must deal with her free-spirited mom, and at school she’s the target of ridicule for stating basic truths: like that girls have body hair!

When her BFF Frankie—who has facial hair due to her PCOS—becomes the target of school bullies, Evia decides that enough is enough and creates the ‘Hairy Girls’ Club.’  

Leading a feminist movement at school is not easy. Boys often look at Evia like she’s a total weirdo, and the self-proclaimed ‘smoothalicious’ girls start their own campaign in retaliation. As Evia struggles with feeling strong enough to lead, and questions how to be a good friend to Frankie, she falls back on the best thing she has—hope. Her message is simple: We CAN make this world a more accepting, less judgmental place for girls to live in…one hairy leg at a time!

About The Author

Gemma Cary grew up in Somerset, England, and earned her degree in English at the University of Exeter. She landed her first job in children’s publishing in 2005 and despite deriving a fair amount of joy from being a professional spellchecker (among other things), Gemma soon realized she’d rather write the words herself. After penning a load of picture books that you probably haven’t heard of, Gemma decided to have a go at writing for teens. This book is the result.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Linda on October 04, 2024

What a great book. What a wonderful way to explore acceptance of all kinds of women, hairy, not hairy, and somewhere in between.......more

Goodreads review by Christina on December 06, 2024

This book was not what I was expecting. It was a good book. I gave it 4.5 stars.......more

Goodreads review by Aarika on September 02, 2024

PCOS and teens This was a heartwarming story dealing with bullying and pcos in teens. I do wish there were more information provided to teens and addressing the bullying but I still enjoyed it!......more

Goodreads review by Shannon on January 01, 2024

A very touching and uplifting YA story introducing the fundamentals of feminism. It does an excellent job of capturing the confusion of high school, trying to figure out who you are and what you believe. What is wrong and what is right? It focuses heavily on the question of what is “normal” and popu......more

Goodreads review by Lyndsey on January 30, 2024

I was able to read an advanced copy of this book from NetGalley. Working in a middle/high school I feel like a lot of students can connect to this book. Body hair is normal, but not everyone thinks the same and because of that bullying can happen. The main character's best friend experiences bullyin......more


Quotes

"This book is charming, educational, and makes you want to shout against the hair-removal industry and love your body hair!"—BUST Magazine

"Readers will root for Evia through both failure and triumph. Charming and ultimately hopeful."—Kirkus Reviews

"Boistrous humor adds levity to empathetic depictions of [the characters'] growing body autonomy as well as their awareness of the sexist conditioning behind their own fraught body image."—Publishers Weekly