{"product_id":"9780544837393","title":"Autobiography Of A Face","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eAutobiography Of A Face\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Lucy Grealy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e Notable Book. This \"harrowing, lyrical autobiographical memoir . . . is a striking meditation on the distorting effects of our culture's preoccupation with physical beauty\" (\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This is a young woman’s first book, the story of her own life, and both book and life are unforgettable.”—\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Engaging and engrossing, a story of grace as well as cruelty, and a demonstration of [Grealy's] own wit and style and class.\"—\u003cem\u003eWashington Post Book World\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003eSelected as one of the best books of the year by \u003cem\u003eUSA Today \u003c\/em\u003eand the \u003cem\u003eVoice Literary Supplement\u003c\/em\u003e   A \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003eNotable Book   \"Despite its unblinking stare at an excrutiatingly painful subject, this is not a dour book. \u003cem\u003eAutobiography of a Face \u003c\/em\u003eis a book about image, about the tyranny of the image of a beautiful—or even pleasingly average—face. In the end, this tyranny is not so much overthrown as shrugged off.\"—\u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e   \"Written in a voice that is both compelling and insightful, \u003cem\u003eAutobiography of a Face \u003c\/em\u003eseems to mirror back to readers something relevant to their own lives. . . Despite the singular nature of her experience, Lucy Grealy manages to convince an amazing array of people that she is speaking directly to them.\"—\u003cem\u003eBaltimore Sun\u003c\/em\u003e   \"Wit, intelligence, and an unconquerable spirit. . . shine through this remarkable book.\"—\u003cem\u003eMadmoiselle\u003c\/em\u003e   “Though Grealy’s experience was extraordinary, it is utterly affecting, for there is no one who has not felt the shame and self-doubt of physical inadequacy.” – \u003cem\u003eElle\u003c\/em\u003e     “With fairy tale logic, as though to make up for her nearly unbearable fate, the gods also gave this young woman extraordinary gifts of perception and language. It is impossible to read \u003cem\u003eAutobiography of a Face\u003c\/em\u003e without having your consciousness raised forever.” – \u003cem\u003eMirabella\u003c\/em\u003e   \"Grealy has turned her misfortune into a book that is engaging and engrossing, a story of grace as well as cruelty, and a demonstration of her own wit and style and class.\"—\u003cem\u003eWashington Post Book World\u003c\/em\u003e   \"Stunning. . . Insightful and exquisitely written, this book reminds us that the things that make us 'beautiful' are not always the things that other people see.\"—\u003cem\u003eSeventeen\u003c\/em\u003e   “This poet’s ability to harness the pathos while transmuting her personal anguish into universal truths has enabled her to forge a powerful testament to the triumph of the human spirit.” – \u003cem\u003eDetroit Free Press\u003c\/em\u003e   \"[A] book that shares what it's like to be really different from other people. . . With exquisite prose and steely strength.\"—\u003cem\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/em\u003e   A memoir of great beauty. In her intensely elegant prose, Lucy Grealy describes the loneliness of pain, the confusion of childhood, the slow shock of her disfigured face with an exquisite unblinking intelligence that is both gracious and, improbably, filled with joy. I love this book.” – Cathleen Schine, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Three Weissmanns of Westport\u003c\/em\u003e     “\u003cem\u003eAutobiography of a Face\u003c\/em\u003e is about that most wrenching of subjects – a child’s suffering – but also moral courage, the hard battle of growing up and the unfolding of a writer’s soul. An honest, deeply moving book.” – Eva Hoffman, author of \u003cem\u003eLost in Translation\u003c\/em\u003e     “This harrowing, lyrical memoir is a striking meditation on the distorting effects of our culture’s preoccupation with physical beauty.” – \u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e (starred)     “A memoir of disquieting candor and power. The account of Grealy’s arduous coming of age is both haunting and inspirational.” – \u003cem\u003ePloughshares\u003c\/em\u003e     “An unsentimental, honest, unflinching look at a single visage reflected (or distorted) in an unforgiving cultural mirror.” – \u003cem\u003eKirkus\u003c\/em\u003e     “Grealy’s is a book you want to hand people and say only ‘Read it.’” – \u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780544837393\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Mariner Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":41160188002510,"sku":"9780544837393","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/9780544837393.jpg?v=1651476926","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780544837393","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}