Autobiography of a Face
About this book
Lucy Grealy's ruthless self-examination, rich fantasy life, and great derring-do inform this powerful memoir about the premium we put on beauty and on a woman's face in particular. It took Lucy twenty years of living with a distorted self-image and more than thirty reconstructive procedures before she could come to terms with her appearance after childhood surgery left her jaw disfigured. As a young girl she absorbed the searing pain of peer rejection and the guilty pleasures of wanting to be special. Later she internalized the paralyzing fear of never being loved. Heroically and poignantly, she learned to define herself from the inside out. . This memoir arrives at a time when the worship of beauty in our culture is at an all-time high, a time when more and more women seek physical perfection. Lucy Grealy awakens in us the difficult truth that beauty, finally, is to be found deep within.
Reader Profile
4.0/5 · 30475 readers · 230 pages · ≈ 4 h 16 m · Moderate
How long does it take to read Autobiography of a Face?
About ≈ 4 h 16 m — 230 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.
How many pages is Autobiography of a Face?
230 pages in its most-read edition.
What genre is Autobiography of a Face?
It sits on the Psychology, Biography & Memoir shelves.
Is Autobiography of a Face in the public domain?
No — it is still under copyright.
Who wrote Autobiography of a Face?
Lucy Grealy (1963–0).