Doug Crandell Book Signing - "Hairdos of the Mildly Depressed" July 29, 2008

Local author and Wordsmiths favorite Doug Crandell returns with the second book in his Beauty Knows No Pain trilogy (the first, Flawless Skin of Ugly People, was beloved by Wordsmiths staff and critical reviewers alike), Hairdos of the Mildly Depressed. Brad Orville always envied his brother Compton's hair. Brad started losing his hair in seventh grade. Compton could score a date with just a flick of his flowing locks. But when womanizing Compton suffers a brain injury from a jealous husband, Brad becomes his brother's caretaker. And while Brad seeks courtship under the cover of a bad rug, Compton joins ranks with a radical ecogroup to save the family farmhouse.

To keep with the Beauty Knows No Pain theme, special fashion events wil be going on all evening. We're still confirming these, but know this: Crandell writes some of the most colorful, tragically relatable characters in modern pop fiction, so this is a night not to be missed.

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