Vividly portraying the pain of peer rejection and the guilty pleasures of wanting to be special, Grealy captures with unique insight what it is like as a child and young adult to be torn between two warring impulses: to feel that more than anything else we want to be loved for who we are, while wishing desperately and secretly to be perfect. In this strikingly candid memoir, Grealy tells her story of great suffering and remarkable strength without sentimentality and with considerable wit. In this celebrated memoir and exploration of identity, cancer transforms.

When she returned to school with a third of her jaw removed, she faced the cruel taunts of classmates. Autobiography of a Face 9780395657805 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Date of Addition: 06/11/20 Copyrighted By: Lucy Grealy Adult content: No. Affordable digital textbook from RedShelf: Autobiography of a Face by: Lucy Grealy. The fact that I had cancer seemed minor in comparison.'Īt age nine, Lucy Grealy was diagnosed with a potentially terminal cancer.

It was the pain from that, from feeling ugly, that I always viewed as the great tragedy of my life. 'I spent five years of my life being treated for cancer, but since then I've spent fifteen years being treated for nothing other than looking different from everyone else. Trade Paperback - 0060569662 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A FACE Autobiography of a Face Lucy Grealy 1,161 Kindle Edition 8.

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