In this memoir, she narrates the consequences of the disease in her emotional life as well as the physical implications that it had on her face, which resulted in a lifetime of self-consciousness. The memoir describes her life from the age of nine to adulthood.

( June 2019) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)Īutobiography of a Face is a memoir by Lucy Grealy in which she narrates her life before and after being diagnosed with Ewing's sarcoma. Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations. I hope this book keeps her story alive.This article includes a list of general references, but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations. Let her show you another example of the human spirit to overcome dreadful circumstances. To me she is still a survivor for every day that she fought through, and that was every day. Though she later ended her life, she fought the good fight and if you like to read about survivors you will love this. After listening to it again I’m reading it from a point of wholeness and health while before I was broken and struggling. Whether you identify with that or not, I believe her experience can expand our humanity to include everyone and treat them accordingly whatever their appearance. (and that’s is everyone to differing degrees.) Though her deformity was extreme I could really empathize with her anxiety just going through normal life. Listening to it again after a couple of decades it still holds up as a beautiful telling of what it is like to try to navigate this world when you look different from everyone. I read this when it came out and put it on the shelf for rereads and favorites. I'll surely keep Lucy in my heart for a very long time as a reminder that my feelings are very real, and that I can gather strength in the most positive ways during my own upcoming reconstructive surgeries (again). I feel like it's a good story for those who have been there to hear-if only to validate the effects of all of it. It never fluffed anything up as far as what really happens in the hearts and minds of a child with no real say in the matter. I loved that this book is a real picture of real feelings throughout. it's so easy to jump into anger but the tone stopped that before it ever happened. Example on how to acknowledge and own feelings but not to react in negative ways.

That she spoke of so many deep issues on experiences and feelings with a tone that exuded example. What about Coleen Marlo’s performance did you like? And the tour of the house where the author's Birth mother labored with her. What was one of the most memorable moments of Autobiography of a Face?

Autobiography of a face by lucy grealy