grealy, lucy

"Lucy Grealy ... [relates her story of] 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.

A memoir in which award-winning poet Lucy Grealy recalls her experiences with a potentially terminal cancer that required she have a third of her jaw removed when she was nine years old, and discusses the suffering she endured as she was growing up from classmates, strangers, and other people because of her looks.

Ann Patchett describes her friendship with Lucy Grealy, author of "Autobiography of a Face," and their commitment to each other for twenty years, from graduate school in Iowa to literary fame in New York City.

Lucy Grealy describes her journey to find physical beauty after surgery left her face disfigured.

Lucy Grealy describes her journey to find physical beauty after surgery left her face disfigured.

Ann Patchett describes her friendship with Lucy Grealy, author of "Autobiography of a Face, " and their commitment to each other for twenty years, from graduate school in Iowa to literary fame in New York City.