Lucy Grealy (1963–2002)
Autor(a) de Autobiography of a Face
About the Author
Lucy Grealy, an award-winning poet, was born in Ireland in 1963. She lived in the UK and in Germany but spent most of her life in New York, where she grew up, and where she died in 2002. She also published a collection of essays, As Seen on TV: Provocations
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Obras por Lucy Grealy
Associated Works
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: Women Writers Explore Their Favorite Fairy Tales (1998) — Contribuidor — 298 exemplares
Touchstone Anthology of Contemporary Creative Nonfiction: Work from 1970 to the Present (2007) — Contribuidor — 184 exemplares
Becoming American: Personal Essays By First Generation Immigrant Women (2000) — Contribuidor — 26 exemplares
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome canónico
- Grealy, Lucy
- Nome legal
- Grealy, Lucinda Margaret
- Data de nascimento
- 1963-06-03
- Data de falecimento
- 2002-12-18
- Sexo
- female
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- Dublin, Ireland
- Local de falecimento
- New York, New York, USA
- Locais de residência
- Spring Valley, New York, USA
Bronxville, New York, USA
Iowa City, Iowa, USA - Educação
- Sarah Lawrence College
University of Iowa (Iowa Writers' Workshop) - Ocupações
- poet
essayist - Relações
- Grealy, Suellen (sister)
- Prémios e menções honrosas
- Whiting Writers' Award (1995)
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 2
- Also by
- 10
- Membros
- 2,178
- Popularidade
- #11,769
- Avaliação
- 3.9
- Críticas
- 70
- ISBN
- 19
- Línguas
- 2
- Marcado como favorito
- 2
This is a heartbreaking read. Although I've never been physically disfigured in the way Grealy was, I resonated strongly with her thoughts on beauty and acceptance, and her fear of never being loved.
Because the main themes of the book were so serious in nature, I wasn't expecting for this to be nearly so funny as it was. That really helped to balance the book, kept it from being overwhelming.
As for morally objectionable content, there were a few sexual comments, nothing overly descriptive. God's name was used in vain.
The ending seemed abrupt somehow. I really wish there had been some sort of epilogue or afterword, especially since the edition I read was published after Grealy's death at age 39. (According to Wikipedia, she died of a heroin overdose after becoming addicted to her pain medication.)
This is one of those books that stays with you and makes you think.… (mais)