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- Publisher: Harpercollins
- ISBN: 0060572159
- WAPI (Tower ID): 101654900
- Release Date: April 1, 2005
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- Tower.com Sales Rank: #92711 in Books (See Top 100 Books Bestsellers)
- #2633 in Biography & Autobiography (See Top 100 Biography & Autobiography Bestsellers)
- #81 in Women (See Top 100 Women Bestsellers)
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Product DescriptionRun a Quick Search on "Truth & Beauty" by Ann Patchett to Browse Related Products:Browse more products related to "Truth & Beauty"Browse more products related to "Ann Patchett"Review"If Patchett's book doesn't quite stand on its own, it is a moving companion to Grealy's (AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A FACE]." "A tough and loving tribute, hard to put down, impossible to forget." "This gorgeously written chronicle unfolds as an example of how friendships can contain more passion and affection than any in the romantic realm." "...TRUTH AND BEAUTY races toward its unavoidable conclusion with novelistic speed. Grief-laden in the immediate aftermath of Lucy's death, it is not a story that can end happily, despite the companionship--and comedy--it contains....Equal parts personal catharsis and work of art, Ann Patchett's beautifully executed book is sincerely inscribed with Lucy's inordinate value as a friend, and pays tribute to her as a fellow writer." "TRUTH & BEAUTY is a harrowing document, composed in a spare, forthright style very different from the elegant artifice of Patchett's best-known novels....It can be no surprise that the memoir of a friendship that ends in the premature death of a gifted writer does not make for cheerful reading. And yet there is much in TRUTH & BEAUTY that is uplifting, a testament to the perennial idealism and optimism of the young." First lineThe thing you can count on in life is that Tennessee will always be scorching hot in August. In 1985 you could also pretty much count on the fact that the U-Haul truck you rented to drive from Tennessee to Iowa, cutting up through Missouri, would have no air-conditioning or that the air-conditioning would be broken. These are the things I knew for sure when I left home to start graduate school. Publisher's noteWhat happens when the person who is your family is someone you aren't bound to by blood? What happens when the person you promise to love and to honor for the rest of your life is not your lover, but your best friend? In Truth & Beauty, her frank and startlingly intimate first work of nonfiction, Ann Patchett shines a fresh, revealing light on the world of women's friendships and shows us what it means to stand together. Ann Patchett and Lucy Grealy met in college in 1981, and, after enrolling in the Iowa Writers' Workshop, began a friendship that would be as defining to both of their lives as their work was. In her critically acclaimed and hugely successful memoir,Autobiography of a Face, Lucy Grealy wrote aboutlosing part of her jaw to childhood cancer, the years of chemotherapy and radiation, and then the endless reconstructive surgeries. In Truth & Beauty, the story isn't Lucy's life or Ann's life, but the parts of their lives they shared. This is a portrait of unwavering commitment that spans twenty years, from the long, cold winters of the Midwest, to surgical wards, to book parties in New York. Through love, fame, drugs, and despair, this book shows us what it means to be part of two lives that are intertwined. This is a tender, brutal book about loving a person we cannot save. It is about loyalty, and about being lifted up by the sheer effervescence of someone who knew how to live life to the fullest. AnnotationNovelist Ann Patchett writes movingly about her longtime friend and fellow writer Lucy Grealy, author of AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A FACE, who died at the age of 39. Disfigured as a child by a rare form of cancer known as Ewing's Sarcoma, Grealy grew up to be difficult, needy, depressed, volatile, drug-addicted, chronically hard-up--and a completely rewarding individual. Patchett quotes from her friend's letters and poetry to construct a warm and rounded picture of an amazing, heartbreaking woman. But what's most extraordinary about her book, aside from the appealing lucidity of Patchett's writing, is the light it sheds on what ideal friendship can be--in this case, passionate, committed, and admirably non-judgmental. If You Enjoy "Truth & Beauty (Paperback)", May We Also Recommend:Customer Reviews for "Truth & Beauty (Paperback)" by Ann Patchett (Author)There are no customer reviews yet. Be the first to write a review! Women Bestsellers
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