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Wash Day Diaries by Jamila Rowser
5.0
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Diverse cast of characters: Yes

This is the story of four black women who are all best friends.

The story focuses on their lives through the lens of their wash days - the days that they wash their hair or otherwise get their hair ready.

As someone with textured hair, I really loved seeing these women in situations I know only too well. This is the kind of representation I love - showing something that is so normal but using it as a lens for wider conversation 

I would have loved for it to be longer or even to have more books in a series (but I understand how much it takes to make a graphic novel)

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