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Rose Colored Glasses: Janelle Alexis Flatt’s Raw Memoir of Survival, Reinvention & Hope (Beyond Publishing 2026)
If you’ve ever had to rebuild your life from nothing — from a version of yourself you no longer recognized — then Rose Colored Glasses was written for you.
Janelle Alexis Flatt’s debut memoir from Beyond Publishing drops in 2026, and it is unlike anything you’ve read. Twenty-eight raw, unflinching chapters that take you inside the mind of a woman who chose herself — even when the world told her not to.
What Is Rose Colored Glasses About?
This isn’t a self-help book with a five-step formula. Rose Colored Glasses is a memoir in the truest sense — a survivor’s account of betrayal, grief, spiritual awakening, and the terrifying, exhilarating process of starting over. It is the kind of book that makes you feel less alone at 2am. The kind that you dog-ear every other page because something on it is exactly what you needed to read.
Janelle writes about her years as a salon owner in Houston’s Tanglewood/Memorial neighborhood — one of the most prestigious corridors in the city — and what it cost her to build something beautiful while her personal life was falling apart. She writes about what happens when the person you trusted most becomes the source of your deepest wound. And she writes about how she found her way back — not to who she was before, but to someone stronger, clearer, and more herself than ever.
Why Houston Women Are Already Talking About It
Before the book even officially launched, the response from Janelle’s community — her 25K+ Instagram followers at @houstonhairbabe, her salon clients, and women who caught her speaking at events like “What She Said” in Scottsdale — was overwhelming. This is a book that travels by word of mouth because it touches something that women don’t usually talk about publicly.
“Rose Colored Glasses cracked me open. I laughed, cried, and recognized myself on every page. Janelle writes with the same care and precision she puts into every client she sits in her chair.”
— Michelle T., Book Club Reader, Dallas TX
Where to Get the Book
Rose Colored Glasses is available on Amazon, Audible, and Barnes & Noble. You can also order signed copies directly through the salon — perfect for book clubs, gift sets, and women’s retreat bundles.
Follow Janelle’s book journey on TikTok: @janellealexisflatt and on Instagram: @houstonhairbabe
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