Sister Golden Hair: a Novel
“Ninth grade was almost over. Before I finished junior high I had to get myself together. I did not want to end up stuck, anxious, miserable. I had to take myself in hand, not wait around, like my mother, for someone else to save me. I walked down to my personal cultural mecca, Loving Expressions Hallmark Cards, by the highway in a strip mall between the bathing-suit outlet and the Christian bookstore. In the back of the long rows of birthday and sympathy cards was a rack of magazines. That’s wh...ere I found my three textbooks: Mademoiselle, Harper’s Bazaar, and Vogue.
I studied the pages until my legs were numb. I finally bought a Vogue and brought it home, ripped out the pictures that captivated me—the way hair floated around a girl’s face, the way the cloth clung to breast and waist. It was a phantom lightness, a haunting delicateness. From scrutinizing the pages, I narrowed down the types of women I was interested in emulating: Natural: This species wore very little makeup and dressed casually, in peasant blouses, often with embroidery.MoreLess
I studied the pages until my legs were numb. I finally bought a Vogue and brought it home, ripped out the pictures that captivated me—the way hair floated around a girl’s face, the way the cloth clung to breast and waist. It was a phantom lightness, a haunting delicateness. From scrutinizing the pages, I narrowed down the types of women I was interested in emulating: Natural: This species wore very little makeup and dressed casually, in peasant blouses, often with embroidery.MoreLess
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