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Autobiography of a face, Lucy Grealy

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Autobiography of a face, Lucy Grealy

Language

eng

resource.biographical

autobiography

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no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Autobiography of a face

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Oclc number

932050785

Responsibility statement

Lucy Grealy

Summary

"A New York Times Notable Book "This is a young woman's first book, the story of her own life, and both book and life are unforgettable."--New York Times "Engaging and engrossing, a story of grace as well as cruelty, and a demonstration of [Grealy's] own wit and style and class."--Washington Post Book World This powerful memoir is about the premium we put on beauty and on a woman's face in particular. It took Lucy Grealy twenty years of living with a distorted self-image and more than thirty reconstructive procedures before she could come to terms with her appearance after childhood cancer and surgery that left her jaw disfigured. As a young girl, she absorbed the searing pain of peer rejection and the paralyzing fear of never being loved"--, Provided by publisher

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