Autobiography of a Face vs Spirited Women: Which Should You Read?

Autobiography of a Face Lucy Grealy · 1994 ★★★★☆ 4.0 230 pages · ≈ 4 h 16 m · Moderate

“KER-POW! I was knocked into the present, the unmistakable now, by Joni Friedman's head as it collided with the right side of my jaw.”

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…

Spirited Women Petrea King · 1995 328 pages · ≈ 6 h 04 m · Moderate

The acclaimed author of The Secret Women and Things Past Telling returns with an engrossing historical novel about a little known aspect of World War II—the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, the only Black WACs…