{"product_id":"9780547524122","title":"Autobiography of a Face","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eNotable Book\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “This is a young woman’s first book, the story of her own life, and both book and life are unforgettable.” —\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Engaging and engrossing, a story of grace as well as cruelty, and a demonstration of [Grealy's] own wit and style and class.\"—\u003ci\u003eWashington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This powerful memoir is about the premium we put on beauty and on a woman's face in particular. It took Lucy Grealy twenty years of living with a distorted self-image and more than thirty reconstructive procedures before she could come to terms with her appearance after childhood cancer and surgery that left her jaw disfigured. As a young girl, she absorbed the searing pain of peer rejection and the paralyzing fear of never being loved.","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47123780272368,"sku":"9780547524122","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780547524122_p0.jpg?v=1763716774","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780547524122","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}