Autobiography of a Face by Lucy Grealy Genres: Memoir, Non-Fiction Original Publication Date: 1994 Source: I purchased this book Goodreads Find the Author: Goodreads, Amazon At age nine, Lucy Grealy was diagnosed with potentially terminal cancer. When she returned to school with a third of her jaw removed, she faced the cruel taunts of classmates. It took her twenty years of living with a distorted self-image and more than thirty years of reconstructive procedures before she could come to terms with her appearance. In this lyrical and strikingly candid memoir, Grealy tells her story of great suffering and remarkable strength without sentimentality and with considerable wit. Autobiography of a Face…