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Pros
Ann patchett's "truth & beauty" is a memoir of her friendship with lucy grealy. I was very touched by the feelings of ann for the pitiful ms grealy," says author. Those who struggle might not have a friend like lucy," adds author.
Truth & beauty raises questions about the random forces that mold us into the human beings we become. In her early struggles to make a writer's living she was supported emotionally and at times financially by her stable family. Writing is superb, ... Read More
Cons
The author's writing is excellent, but there was much in the book i found distasteful.
The supplication never ends and it’s either a load of baloney or there are ulterior motives.
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Quality
It was consistent with the one drawn by lucy herself
Ann patchett shares her history of her friendship with the writer lucy grealy who suffered numerous surgeries over the years af... Read More
Price
We would have never known the price beyond the pain that lucy paid had it not been for ann
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- This product had a total of 1,760 reviews as of our last analysis date on Sep 16 2023.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Ive underlined too much made too many notes had to buy a clean copy at the local bookstore sorry amazon
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Just finished commonwealth and am headed to bel canto
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I was about a third of the way through this book when i realized it was non fiction
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I can see why the family of ann patchetts friend might be upset
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Writing is superb as always but the life death story not pleasant
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
She had 38 surgeries to try to correct it
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Honestly i cant understand why the sister is so upset by this book
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I dont think so even without heroin i think lucys life was destined to continue a downward spiral with more pain more heartache and eventually she would have run out of enabling friends family and colleagues
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