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The Power of Hair.
The power of hair
Going bald from illness made one woman think about hairoits beauty, its meaning, and ultimately, its unimportance. By Geraldine Brooks
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hen my hair started to fall outosuddenly, inconveniently, at a friendis dinner partyoI hadnit done anything at all to prepare.
I had raised a hand to tuck my bangs behind my ear, a gesture I made a dozen times a day. This time, the bangs came away in my hand. I was left clutching an enormous hank of my own hair. I had no idea where to put it. In my napkin? On the side of my plate? Where was Miss Manners when I needed her?
I should have been better prepared. Weeks earlier, ...
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