Autobiography of a Face
After a childhood illness & surgery left her jaw disfigured, it took the author 20 years of living with a distorted self-image & more than 30 reconstructive procedures before coming to terms with her appearance. A poignant, powerful, & ultimately liberating memoir.
After a childhood illness & surgery left her jaw disfigured, it took the author 20 years of living with a distorted self-image & more than 30 reconstructive procedures before coming to terms with her appearance. A poignant, powerful, & ultimately liberating memoir.
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Format: ebook
ISBN:
9780547524122 (0547524129)
ASIN: B004H1UEO0
Publish date: September 27th 1994
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH)
Pages no: 223
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
Biography,
Academic,
School,
Book Club,
Adult,
Medical,
Biography Memoir,
Psychology
I noticed I'd skipped reading this book in my Atlas Shrugged haze, so I decided to catch up. And there was really nothing there in this book for me. I do realise that this is a book about a face, and a young woman who survived a childhood cancer only to have her the rest of her life dictated by th...
At nine her face is changed forever by cancer, as her life goes on she faces the trauma and stupidity of people from doctors to fellow school students, and learns about herself and life. Inspiring.
Read Truth and Beauty by Ann Patchett after this. It will give you both sides of the friendship. I read this book first so I was more sympathetic towards Lucy. It would be interesting if people are biased towards the first book read.
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