Hot Comb offers a poignant glimpse into Black women's lives and coming of age stories as seen across a crowded, ammonia-scented hair salon while ladies gossip and bond over the burn.

The titular story is about a young girl's first perm-a doomed ploy to look cool and to stop seeming "too white" in the all-black neighborhood her family has just moved to.

Realizations about race, class, and the imperfections of identity swirl through Flowers' stories, which are by turns sweet, insightful, and heartbreaking.

Author/Artist: Ebony Flowers
Publisher: Drawn and Quarterly
Page Count: 184pp
Size: 6 x 9
Notes: hardcover, color
Date of Publication: June 19, 2019
ISBN: 978-1770463486