Memoir from a lifetime of looking different

Autobiography of a Face

By Lucy Grealy

Perrenial/HarperCollins, 236 pages, $12.95 paper

To honor great writing, and a life of struggle, read Lucy Grealy’s memoir about her reconstructive surgeries, loneliness and the pain of living with a disfigured face. The book received critical and popular acclaim when published nearly a decade ago. Grealy died in December, and this edition includes an afterword by novelist, and friend, Ann Patchett.