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Truth and Beauty
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bookshelves: friendship, non-fiction, north-america, books-about-books, writing, death, zzck, reviewed, xaucc, biography, memoir, addiction, health, mental-health, favorite-authors
Dec 19, 2021
bookshelves: friendship, non-fiction, north-america, books-about-books, writing, death, zzck, reviewed, xaucc, biography, memoir, addiction, health, mental-health, favorite-authors
This book is primarily a biography of the author’s friend and fellow writer, Lucy Grealy. Patchett and Grealy were roommates when they attended the Iowa Writers’ Workshop in 1985. Grealy had lost part of her jaw during cancer treatment in her childhood, which greatly impacted her self-image. The book covers their friendship, relationships, and writing careers, spanning almost two decades. It may have helped if I had known of Lucy Grealy beforehand. She comes across as a person with many psychological issues, and there is a lot of depressing content in this book. I think I will stick with Patchett’s fiction in the future.
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