See You in the Morning: A Memoir

Summary

For readers of Patti Smith, Kim Gordon and Mark Ronson, cult hair stylist April Barton’s debut memoir is a vibrant account of self-salvation and self-creation that could only be born in the greatest city in the world —New York.

Sometimes, all that stands between you and happiness is a kidnapping, thousands of haircuts, a male prostitution ring, the Chelsea Hotel, and Mary J. Blige, but only if your name is April Barton.

In a memoir about a little girl taken away from her mother by her gambling, ex-con father with a zest for living life on the edge, pulled across state lines in childhood marked by instability, danger and neglect, April Barton shows a knack for survival long before any ambition.

From U2 to Malcolm Gladwell to Michael Imperioli and many more, the haircuts she gives become the through line of her story, always providing her an outlet and a way forward. With scissors in hand April builds a creative identity, a community and ultimately a life of her own making. But with success, comes the trappings—and as flirtations with drugs and alcohol grow so does her need for sex and more sex, taking her on a downward spiral. With a supporting cast of characters, downtown artists, eccentrics, and her beloved dogs at her side, she tackles her greatest challenge yet, coming to terms with her past and saving herself. With a hairdresser's gift of the gab and a flair for soul-baring, See You in the Morning is a fast paced, cinematic, unsentimental, funny memoir about finding your creative voice as an act of survival, and how beauty, when crafted with integrity, can save your life.