Suzanne Tague | The Sun Magazine

Suzanne Tague

Suzanne Tague is a freelance writer and editor living in Chicago. Her work has appeared in Chicago Reader, Chicago Life, and INSIDE.

— From March 1997
Essays, Memoirs, & True Stories

Time, Attachment, Hair

It is the morning of February 1, 1969, my wedding day, and the Riverside Salon is awash in panic. I should be at the church already, but my long hair simply will not dry. Hairdressers are coming at me from every angle with blow-dryers and curling irons, holding clips in their mouths, cursing.

March 1997
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