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Beauty and the Book is not just any beauty salon that sells book. It is a one of a kind shop that you might walk into and find a famous author there for the afternoon autographing books for fans and people getting their hair done in the newest styles by Kathy Patrick the owner and visionary of the store.

You see Kathy L. Patrick worked in the publishing field for many years before the e-book readers became the trend. When she lost her job she decided to open her own shop and because she also had a background in cosmetology she thought; “Hey why not a shop that fit both?” So Beauty and the Book was born. But that’s not all there is to this story; Kathy is also an avid reader and champion for reading so she started a book club here in town called the “Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys Book Club”. Today that book club has over 500 chapters across the globe and still growing.

Kathy carries books by mostly Southern Authors in her shop and she quite often has those authors come to book club meetings when they are in the neighborhood. The books in the store range from Fantasy to Texas Rangers adventures. Some of the authors that have graced Kathy’s threshold are: Rue McClanahan of “The Golden Girls”, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, Deeanne Gist, River Jordan and Pulitzer Prize winners Fannie Flagg, Pat Conroy  and John Berendt just to name a few.

The shop is a really fun place to find a great book, talk about literacy or have an afternoon of beauty.