From the Publisher:"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.
We will meet to discuss this book on Thursday, May 26th at 7pm at the Library (Avenue C). The discussion will be lead by Susan. Looking forward to seeing you all there!
ReplyDeleteId' like to remind everyone that our Library is now officially a member of the County system (as of May 1). If you need to look up books or renew books, you must now do that through the county site at: www.monmouthcountylib.org
ReplyDeleteAlso, our Library's new hours are as follows-
Monday, Wednesday, Saturday:
9:AM - 5:PM
(In July and August Saturday's hours are 9:00AM - 1:00PM)
Tuesday and Thursday: 1:00PM - 9:00PM
Friday: 1:00PM - 5:00
Lastly, our Evening Bookclub is now a part of the Friends Of The Library, and while I don't know if we will have Evening Bookclub news on the FOL site, I wanted to pass along the link: http://www.ahfol.org/.
I was sorry to miss the meet-up last night but heard that it was another great discussion! Thanks again Susan!
ReplyDelete