false 534255 5 At age nine, Lucy Grealy was diagnosed with a potentially terminal cancer. When she returned to school with a third of her jaw removed, she faced the cruel taunts of classmates. In this strikingly candid memoir, Grealy tells her story of great suffering and remarkable strength without sentimentality and with considerable wit. Vividly portraying the pain of peer rejection and the guilty pleasure 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 95778 1995 Autobiography of a Face total:2682|5:683|4:1085|3:731|2:161|1:22| 2682 10292 3746 421 4 8 false false Fri Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2000 Tue Oct 02 21:15:37 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 03 06:02:45 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 3 true false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 06 20:39:18 -0700 2007 Sat Aug 11 08:41:17 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 2 false false Wed Mar 12 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Feb 22 13:55:41 -0800 2008 Wed Mar 12 17:51:11 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1 1 false false Thu Jul 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 05 09:49:36 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 09 17:24:38 -0700 2009
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...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jan 09 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 03 15:17:24 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 03 15:20:03 -0800 2009 Moving, engaging, darkly troubling, and inspiring - made me want to appreciate the simple joys of life [3.5 stars:]

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