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Title	:	Autobiography of a Face
Author	:	Lucy Grealy
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 256 pages
Published	:	March 18th 2003 by Harper Perennial (first published January 1st 1994)
Categories	:	Autobiography. Memoir. Nonfiction

Autobiography of a Face

Lucy Grealy

Paperback | Pages: 256 pages

Rating: 3.97 | 23605 Users | 1516 Reviews

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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. It was the pain from that, from feeling ugly, that I always viewed as the great tragedy of my life. The fact that I had cancer seemed minor in comparison.

At age nine, Lucy Grealy was diagnosed with a potentially terminal cancer. When she returned to school with a third of her jaw removed, she faced the cruel taunts of classmates. In this strikingly candid memoir, Grealy tells her story of great suffering and remarkable strength without sentimentality and with considerable wit. 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.

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Original Title:	Autobiography of a Face
ISBN:	0060569662 (ISBN13: 9780060569662)
Edition Language:	English

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Ratings: 3.97 From 23605 Users | 1516 Reviews

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I am interested in writing memoir or at least creative non-fiction so I was excited to read this book. Certainly autobiography is self-centered by nature and one should not be surprised to find the subject's conciousness to take center stage. Grealy somehow manages to almost completely immerse us in her thoughts and feelings for the eighteen years between her diagnosis with Ewing's sarcoma and the writing of the book. Her honesty is unflinching and totally politically incorrect at times. There

This book tells the story of Lucy, who, after going through five years of harsh cancer treatments, had to have a section of her jaw removed. Not soon afterwards, she found rejection and humiliation from her classmates. Autobiography of a Face is a powerful, unforgettable novel about overcoming bullying and showing people who you truly are.

I've wanted to read this book since reading the magazine article that precipitated it in 1994. Even if the book had sucked I probably would have given it three stars for the title alone. "Autobiography of a Face". It gives me gooseflesh. Now that I've finally read it, I can report that book lives up to its title. Five stars. William Carlos Williams concluded his introduction to Allen Ginsberg's poem "Howl" saying something like, "Ladies and gentlemen, lift your petticoats. You're about to walk

Lucy Grealy was nine years old when she was diagnosed with Ewings Sarcoma, an aggressive bone cancer, in her right jaw. The surgery and chemo helped save her life but left her with disfiguring scars. What is more important to your sense of self than to recognize yourself in the mirror? What if the face you saw in the mirror was one you could not bear to look at? A face that could not possibly reflect the you inside? Grealy became a renowned poet, and her way with words shows here. She writes so

This book, beautifully written, made me so sad, especially given that its author died tragically not even ten years after it was published, and her gifts didn't get to be shared with readers through many more works. At its crux is her childhood bout with Ewing's sarcoma, a deadly cancer that she survived but with a disfigured face that she then had to deal with as she grew up. I so wish that her dysfunctional parents had instilled and nurtured a deep-seated self-worth in Grealy, because it would

Several months ago, the mug shot of a criminal suspect landed in my work inbox. When I opened the email, I was so shocked that I gasped out loud, then giggled nervously as I quickly closed it. The young man was horribly disfigured, to the point that his face looked like the creation of a special effects artist in a horror movie. I saw his face in my mind for days afterward, sometimes seeing it in odd shadows in half-light rooms, and each time I was revolted. My very visceral horror was

I wasnt sure where to begin in this review because so many things could be said. The book is not especially sad, but the end may leave you with that feeling for you. Sometimes there is not perfect resolution. I felt pain for this child who lived through cancer, and later the woman she had become which included strength of perseverance, and acceptance. Battling cancer was only the first part of her journey. It could be said that the living with the deformity caused by the cancer and the surgeries