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"Autobiography of a Face"


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"Autobiography of a Face"
A review of "Autobiography of a Face" by Lucy Grealy.
690 words (approx. 2.8 pages) | 1 source | MLA | 2003 United States


Paper Summary:

This paper discusses "Autobiography of a Face" by Lucy Grealy which deals with her experiences with a facially disfiguring cancer. It looks at how Grealy comes to view the hospital as her one refuge against a cruel and superficial world that views her illness-related disfigurement as "ugly".

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" In Autobiography of a Face we are provided with the story of Lucy Grealy's first-hand recollection of her childhood and adult experiences with a facially disfiguring cancer called Ewing's sarcoma. Grealy learns she has cancer at the age of nine .."

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APA Citation:

"Autobiography of a Face" (2012, January 15). Retrieved February 12, 2012, from http://www.academon.com/Essay-Autobiography-of-a-Face/71159

MLA Citation:

""Autobiography of a Face"" 15 January 2012. Web. 12 Feb. 2012. <http://www.academon.com/Essay-Autobiography-of-a-Face/71159>




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