Autobiography of a Face (Record no. 11464)
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| 000 -LEADER | |
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| fixed length control field | 01413nam a2200193 4500 |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER | |
| LC control number | 94015222 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780060569662 |
| 024 ## - OTHER STANDARD IDENTIFIER | |
| Standard number or code | 51874121 |
| 050 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | RD661.G74 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 362.1969947160092 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Lucy Grealy |
| 245 1# - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Autobiography of a Face |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Harper Perennial |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 236 pages |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | "I spent five years of my life being treated for cancer, but since then I've spent fifteen years being treated for nothing other than looking different from everyone else. It was the pain from that, from feeling ugly, that I always viewed as the great tragedy of my life. The fact that I had cancer seemed minor in comparison."At age nine, Lucy Grealy was diagnosed with a potentially terminal cancer. When she returned to school with a third of her jaw removed, she faced the cruel taunts of classmates. In this strikingly candid memoir, Grealy tells her story of great suffering and remarkable strength without sentimentality and with considerable wit. Vividly portraying the pain of peer rejection and the guilty pleasures of wanting to be special, Grealy captures with unique insight what it is like as a child and young adult to be torn between two warring impulses: to feel that more than anything else we want to be loved for who we are, while wishing desperately and secretly to be perfect. |
| 521 ## - TARGET AUDIENCE NOTE | |
| Target audience note | 1110 |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Medicine/Health |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Total checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Copy number | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Lake Chapala Society | Lake Chapala Society | 07/17/2024 | 362.1 GREA | 50055 | 07/17/2024 | 1 | 07/17/2024 | Book |