{"title":"Lucy Grealy","description":"\u003cp\u003eLucy Grealy’s writing invites readers into deeply personal reflections that explore identity, resilience, and the complexities of the human experience. Her works, notably \u003cem\u003eAutobiography of a Face\u003c\/em\u003e, blend candid memoir with elegant prose, offering an honest and poignant narrative.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWithin this collection, expect intimate biography and memoir that confront themes of beauty, pain, and acceptance with both sensitivity and strength. 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You are seeing the world in a different way.”--Margo Jefferson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eForeword by Suleika Jaouad, author of the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller \u003cem\u003eBetween Two Kingdoms\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA thirtieth-anniversary edition of Lucy Grealy’s celebrated memoir, a landmark illness narrative and a timeless exploration of identity, loneliness, the nature of beauty, and strength.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThirty years ago, Lucy Grealy’s \u003cem\u003eAutobiography of a Face\u003c\/em\u003e launched the young writer into the top echelons of contemporary literature, winning her both acclaim and fame. An incandescent tale of perseverance, humour, and deep introspection in the face of emotional and physical pain, her powerful memoir—as evocative and resonant today as it was in 1994—speaks to us across time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAt age nine, Lucy Grealy was diagnosed with Ewing’s sarcoma, a rare form of childhood cancer, undergoing years of chemotherapy that destroyed a third of her jawbone. It took her twenty years of living with the resulting disfigurement and a distorted self-image, plus more than thirty reconstructive procedures, before she began to come to terms with her appearance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis beautiful and timeless memoir is a tale of great suffering and remarkable strength told without sentimentality and with considerable wit. In this unflinching coming of age story, Grealy reflects on how cancer transformed her face and her life, and captures what it was like as a child and a young adult to be torn between wanting to be loved for who we are and desperately wishing to be perfect.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Arotahi Agency","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47647894733036,"sku":"9780063288638","price":51.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780063288638-autobiography-of-a-face-thirtieth-anniversary-edition.jpg?v=1779243212"},{"product_id":"autobiography-of-a-face-by-lucy-grealy-9781399613880","title":"Autobiography of a Face","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Both book and life are unforgettable'\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Read it twice and then read it again'\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eAnn Patchett\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAt age nine, Lucy Grealy was diagnosed with cancer. 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