http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1892114
I am listening to Ann Patchett talk about her memoir, about Lucy Grealy.
"I don't think this is a sad book. I think this book is about loving someone who lived to be thirty-nine years old and really, really accomplished a lot."
I should have bought Lucy Grealy's Autobiography of a Face.
Saturday, May 1, 2010
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Truth and Beauty
About Ann Patchett's friendship with Lucy Grealy.
Who is Lucy Grealy?
When I flip over her book, my gaze meets with a woman who looks sophisticated yet sad. The sadness comes from her mouth, which is a little crooked, and her jaw is somewhat misplaced. But there is depth in her eyes that one cannot easily swim out of. Lucy Grealy, the caption reads. But this is only her name.
Who is Lucy Grealy?
When I flip over her book, my gaze meets with a woman who looks sophisticated yet sad. The sadness comes from her mouth, which is a little crooked, and her jaw is somewhat misplaced. But there is depth in her eyes that one cannot easily swim out of. Lucy Grealy, the caption reads. But this is only her name.