Chair Number Four: A Social Comedy-Drama Novel

Dana Harrington has a famous name, a private fortune, and a life shaped by board meetings, charity events, and family expectations.But what she wants is much simpler.She wants to work.So Dana walks into Mona's Beauty Corner, a small neighborhood salon between a bakery and a pharmacy, and applies for an assistant position without revealing who she really is. To Mona, Samira, Tasha, Brenda, and the women who pass through chair number four, Dana is just the new employee who sweeps floors, washes hair, folds towels, and listens.But chair number four has a way of collecting truth.A nervous bride, a heartbroken woman, a mother fighting to keep her dignity, a bullied teenager, a young entrepreneur, a woman facing illness, and a small business owner trying to survive all find their way into the salon. Dana helps where she can, often quietly and sometimes imperfectly. Yet the more she gives, the harder it becomes to keep her own secret hidden.When her wealthy family and foundation board discover where she has been spending her days, Dana must choose between the polished world that expects her obedience and the worn, honest room that has taught her what help really means.Warm, funny, and deeply human, Chair Number Four is a social comedy-drama about dignity, friendship, hidden kindness, small businesses, and the unexpected power of a place where women begin with the hair, then tell the truth.

Pagina's: 671, Paperback, Independently published