Lucy Grealy's "Autobiography of a Face" and A.M. Homes "The Mistress's Daughter": Two Powerful Women on their journey through life
Book Details
Author(s)
Annemarie Wendicke
Publisher
GRIN Verlag
ISBN / ASIN
B00D5T72YA
ISBN-13
978B00D5T72Y4
Sales Rank
#1,667,037
Marketplace
United States 🇺🇸
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Seminar paper from the year 2008 in the subject English - Literature, Works, grade: A, Hawai'i Pacific University (Hawai'i Pacific University), 3 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: Lucy Grealy’s Autobiography of a Face deals with the life of Lucy Grealy, who faced
the negative consequences of terminal cancer after the partial removal of her jaw. Like Lucy
Grealy, A.M. Homes also faced the negative consequences as she was found by her
biological mother, who put her up for adoption after her birth. Both memoirs have similar
narrative structures and a lot in common in terms of content; however, they have significant
differences as well.
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the negative consequences of terminal cancer after the partial removal of her jaw. Like Lucy
Grealy, A.M. Homes also faced the negative consequences as she was found by her
biological mother, who put her up for adoption after her birth. Both memoirs have similar
narrative structures and a lot in common in terms of content; however, they have significant
differences as well.
[...]
