Grace Helena Walz's charming second novel, Good Hair Days, follows the fortunes of a small-town Georgia hair salon and the quirky, bighearted family of women determined to keep it afloat.
For generations, June's Beauty Shop has been a community institution in tiny Whitetail, Ga. Run by the Louise women and passed down the generations, the shop needs a refresh. When Junie's attempts at a renovation leave her with torn-up floors and a leaking bank account, she calls on big sister Georgia--the one who escaped to Atlanta--to come home and save the day. But Georgia is hiding secrets of her own. To save the shop, the sisters must get creative, running schemes including bake sales and illicit poker nights with hilarious and sometimes unexpected outcomes.
Walz (Southern by Design) expertly captures the sturdy ties (stronger even than Junie's hair spray) that bind the Louise women. Each of them--Junie, Georgia, and their aunts, Tina and Cece--must decide for herself where she fits into the shop's future, while reckoning with the legacy of Junie and Georgia's beloved dead mother and the weight of family history. As they work together to rescue June's Beauty Shop, all four women learn to lean on one another (with a little help from their patron saint, Dolly Parton).
Laced with sweet tea and Southern sass, Good Hair Days is a tribute to sisterhood, hard work, ingenuity, and the power of a well-crafted hairstyle. --Katie Noah Gibson, blogger at Cakes, Tea and Dreams