As a child of nine, she was diagnosed with Ewing's sarcoma, which is a cancer that was treated with radical facial surgery.
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.This was a difficult book to read, but one which I found beautifully written despite the emotional and physical pain suffered by the author throughout her entire story. In addition to Autobiography of a Face, she was the author of the essay collection As Seen on TV: Provocations. LUCY GREALY (1963–2002) was an award-winning poet and a memoirist. With exquisite prose and steely strength.”- USA Today “ book that shares what it’s like to be really different from other people. She 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. In this lyrical and strikingly candid memoir, Grealy tells her story of great suffering and remarkable strength without sentimentality and with considerable wit. It took her twenty years of living with a distorted self-image and more than thirty reconstructive procedures before she could come to terms with her appearance. When she returned to school with a third of her jaw removed, she faced the cruel taunts of classmates. “Engaging and engrossing, a story of grace as well as cruelty, and a demonstration of own wit and style and class.”- Washington Post Book WorldĪt age nine, Lucy Grealy was diagnosed with a potentially terminal cancer. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
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. In this strikingly candid memoir, Grealy tells her story of great suffering and remarkable strength without sentimentality and with considerable wit. The fact that I had cancer seemed minor in comparison."Īt age nine, Lucy Grealy was diagnosed with a potentially terminal cancer. It was the pain from that, from feeling ugly, that I always viewed as the great tragedy of my life. "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.
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