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Truth and Beauty: A Friendship

By (author) Ann Patchett

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Sunday Times bestselling author Ann Patchettâ€™s first work of nonfiction, chronicling her decades-long friendship with the critically acclaimed author, Lucy Grealy. When Ann Patchett and Lucy Grealy met in college they began a friendship that would define their lives. Lucy Grealy lost part of her jaw to childhood cancer, and a large part of her life to chemotherapy and endless reconstructive surgeries. Stoic but vulnerable, damaged by bullying but fascinated by fame, Lucy had an incandescent personality that illuminated those around her. In this tender, brutal book, Ann Patchett describes Lucyâ€™s life and her own platonic love for her. Truth & Beauty is the story of the part of their lives that they shared â€“ the camaraderie and comedy, the tribulations and tragedy of true friendship. A portrait of unwavering commitment through success, failure, despair and drugs, this is what it means to be part of two lives that are intertwined.