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Foreword: The Mystery of Tattoos ix
Introduction xiii
A Daughter's Defiance, a Woman's Decision Shoshana Hebshi 1
What's in a Name? Brandy Lien Worrall 7
Rewarding Challenges Amanda Cancilla 13
Beauty Isn't Just Skin Deep Ang Harris 17
My Angel Amber Hallin 23
Going Wild Arjean Spaite 29
A Long Time Coming Rebecca Bandy 35
Brothers in Arms Kathryn Godsiff 39
Living Canvas Sasha Merritt 45
Tattoos, Love, and Regret Alissa Nutting 51
Shogyoumujou Andrea J. Morgan-Littrell 57
Bye Bye, My Bluebird Heather Nellis 61
My Mother, the Lion Alisa Gordaneer 67
A Search for Balance Cathy Spencer 73
The Innocence of Children Rachel Linda Ogden 79
The Secret Tulip Joan Hobernicht 83
They Don't Teach This in School Juleigh Howard-Hobson 89
Living Large, Living Free Joanne Oliver Flanagan 95
Smart Thinking Helen Kay Polaski 101
The Turning Point Deana Lippens 107
Happy Birthday to Me Barbara Clark 113
The Phoenix and the Pirate Brett Palana-Shanahan 119
Fish Out of Water Annie Werner 125
Armageddon and Elvis's Hips Val Ladouceur 131
Forever Eighteen Catherine Lanser 137
No Apologies Kim Kane 141
A Tale of Three Tattoos Holly Janelle 145
Moving Forward Julia M. Shea 149
First Impressions Chris Marek 155
Tattoo Fever Tara Alton 161
Grandma Led the Way Michelle Swartz 167
Beautiful Pain Samantha June Engbers 173
The Compass Rose Lucie M. Winborne 179
It's a Wonderful Life Jean M. Miller 185
A Small Price to Pay Melody Barbosa 191
Jie Mei Liz Entman 197
Pawprints on My Heart Charlotte Brewster 203
My Life as a Suit Tara Goddard 209
Just One of the Guys Babette Lane Jinkins 215
Future Tattooed Women of the World, Unite! Amy Brozio-Andrews 221
Frequently Asked Questions about Tattoos 227
Works Referenced 237
About the Editor 242
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Parag Shah
reviewed Chick Ink: 40 Stories of Tattoos--And the Women Who Wear Them on July 22, 2012
Chick Ink: 40 Stories of Tattoos--And the Women Who Wear Them
After being abysmally disappointed with another book that was supposed to be about other people's tattoo stories, I was pleased to get exactly that with this book (and bonus, they're all about women). It only took me a couple of hours to read all 40 stories; they were very short. I did admittedly skim through a couple of stories that failed to capture my attention or heart.
To me, I felt that this book focused a little too much on the "what" (tattoo design, placement, color, size) and not enough on the "why". Even the ones that did go into the thinking behind the tattoos did little to trigger much of a visceral response from me. I think the goal of this book was more to explore how other people perceive women with tattoos as opposed to what the women themselves thought. So, my gripe may be a little unfounded.
Most of the contributors to this book have a background in writing, so for the most part the stories were fairly well-written, just a little too straightforward and factual for my liking. There were a couple of brilliant phrases I was able to pick out, though, and that made it all the more enjoyable.
The Kindle edition, which is how I read this book, was likely an afterthought, because the formatting placed snippets that probably looked just fine in print into awkward places in the e-text. I got the Kindle sample first, which only contained one page of the actual content and didn't do much to persuade me to spend the $10 on it, which is at the high end for Kindle, and highly overpriced for a book of this nature. If I hadn't had an Amazon gift credit, I would not have bought this book based on the sticker shock and ineffective sample, despite the fact that I really wanted to find a book about women and their tattoos.
I still enjoyed reading about these women. It's worth reading, but be warned that the Kindle edition isn't greatly formatted and is pricy as far as Kindle books go. The last story in the collection was my favorite, so I was happy to end it on a high note.
Kelly Hitchcock
Author of The Redheaded Stepchild
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