| Autobiography of a Face Contributor(s): Grealy, Lucy (Author), Jaouad, Suleika Francey (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0544837398 ISBN-13: 9780544837393 Publisher: Harper Perennial OUR PRICE: $17.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs - Biography & Autobiography | Women - Biography & Autobiography | Reference |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2016012768 |
| Lexile Measure: 1110 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.2" W x 7.9" (0.45 lbs) 256 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 25905 Reading Level: 7.4 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 11.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Grealy, Lucy: - LUCY GREALY (1963-2002), an award-winning poet, attended the Iowa Writer's Workshop. She was a fellow at the Bunting Institute of Radcliffe and the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, and a guest of the Yaddo Corporation. Her article for Harper's, "Mirrorings," on which Autobiography of a Face was based, received the National Magazine Award. |