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At age nine, Lucy Grealy was
diagnosed with a potentially terminal cancer. When she returned
to school with a third of her jaw removed, she faced the cruel taunts
of classmates. In this strikingly candid memoir, Grealy tells her
story of great suffering and remarkable strength without sentimentality
and with considerable wit. Vividly portraying the pain of peer rejection
and the guilty pleasure of wanting to be special, Grealy captures
with unique insight what it is like as a child and young adult to
be torn between two warring impulses: to feel that more than anything
else we want to be loved for who we are, while wishing desperately
and secretly to be perfect .
- Review from Amazon
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