Autobiography of a Face by Lucy Grealy

Autobiography of a Face

Lucy Grealy

258 pages first pub 1994 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad slow-paced
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In this celebrated memoir and exploration of identity, cancer transforms the author’s face, childhood, and the rest of her life.At age nine, Lucy Grealy was diagnosed with a potentially terminal cancer. When she returned to school with a third of ...

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Moods

emotional 89%
reflective 78%
sad 60%
challenging 37%
dark 31%
inspiring 26%
informative 20%
hopeful 13%
tense 10%
funny 5%
adventurous 1%
mysterious 1%

Pace

medium 57%
slow 22%
fast 19%

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3.88

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