Being a hairdresser is a magical career and has made author Shelly Devlin realize the power of people's stories. In As the Chair Turns, the first in a series of books about the salon life, Devlin states that being a stylist is a magical career that has led her to realize the power of people's stories. A compilation of those stories gathered from many years behind the chair comprises Devlin's first collection, and her clients' stories interweave with her own tragic recollections of being molested as a child, surviving a divorce from her high school sweetheart and walking the edge of bankruptcy. With an irrepressible sense of humor and the wisdom born of experience, Devlin shares her experiences as a salon owner, a business woman, a pageant professional, and a woman used to juggling many balls in the air even when her heart is breaking. When she relates the stories she hears from behind the chair, she does so with compassion and with the tremendous love she feels for those who have become much more than clients.Much more than a memoir, As the Chair Turns pulls the curtain back on what life is like in a beauty industry and exposes the true stories that only hairdressers hear.
