Talk:Lucy Grealy/Archive 1

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Lucy Grealy wrote the book Autobiography of a Face and it is one of the best books that i have every read. She had quite an exciting life starting in the hospital. But what happened to Derik? I truly enjoyed reading her book and wish that it would have ended differently.

Writen and read by: Teresa Jenise Robins

Lucy Grealy, Ann Patchett
I agree, Lucy 's personal experiences are amazingly moving. Ms. Grealy's friend Ann Patchett wrote a wrenching account of their friendship. Ms. Patchett's observant and honest book "Truth & Beauty" expresses the "double bind" of affection and pain in standing by those we love. These two books together make a powerful read.Lynnwords 18:55, 31 October 2005 (UTC)

÷Truth and Beauty I have just finished reading Truth and Beauty. I have yet to ready Lucy's 'Autobiography of a Face' but will be doing so soon. It's strange, but I didn't cry when I finished it. I tidied up my room a bit, feeling that if I could be more responsible then I could somehow help the lucy-ish tendancies in myself, and perhaps discover a little more Ann. Today I got to see the few photos of Lucy on the site, and it was then that tears came into my eyes. She is just as haunting and beautiful as you would expect. I am sorry her sister isn't able to accept Ann's way of handling her own grief, which turns out to be the most amazing tribute to friendship, to writing, to Lucy Grealy. Thanks to Ann, this is one of very few books that has truly changed my life. Anything that can make me tidy my room is a miracle. Candice Lewis of Auckland, New Zealand. 131.212.83.55 (talk) 23:03, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

I just read A Patchett's new book. She writes amazingly well. She takes a newsy item and cores it into a beautifully crafted story of words. She handles the characters so that their flaws are story. I do not think you will find much of herself in her works. Easter is left; the storyline glides through like a canoe through water. Beautiful but you bring the emotion. I do not know what to think about the charge of 'grief thief.'