false 15408738 305495 827837 000719093X 9780007190935 25 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178733494m/827837.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178733494s/827837.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/827837.Truth_and_Beauty_A_Friendship 3.89 117 Ann Patchett and Lucy Grealy met in college in 1981, and, after enrolling in the Iowa Writers' Workshop, began a friendship that would be as defining to both of their lives as their work was. In her critically acclaimed and hugely successful memoir,Autobiography of a Face, Lucy Grealy wrote about losing part of her jaw to childhood cancer, the years of chemotherapy and radiation, and then the endless reconstructive surgeries. In Truth & Beauty, the story isn't Lucy's life or Ann's life, but the parts of their lives they shared. This is a portrait of unwavering commitment that spans twenty years, from the long, cold winters of the Midwest, to surgical wards, to book parties in New York. Through love, fame, drugs, and despair, this book shows us what it means to be part of two lives that are intertwined.

This is a tender, brutal book about loving a person we cannot save. It is about loyalty, and about being lifted up by the sheer effervescence of someone who knew how to live life to the fullest.]]> 2531 3.73 47379 7628 2004 1 7 false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 14 09:24:26 -0800 2008 Fri Jul 03 21:33:29 -0700 2009 more...]]>