{"product_id":"truth-beauty-a-friendship","title":"Truth \u0026 Beauty: A Friendship","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eTruth \u0026amp; Beauty: A Friendship\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eAnn Patchett\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780060572150\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eHarper Perennial\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2005\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eReprint\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e257\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A loving testament to the work and reward of the best friendships, the kind where your arms can't distinguish burden from embrace.\" -- \u003cem\u003ePeople\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003eBestselling author Ann Patchett's first work of nonfiction chronicling her decades-long friendship with the critically acclaimed and recently deceased author, Lucy Grealy.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnn Patchett and the late Lucy Grealy met in college in 1981, and, after enrolling in the Iowa Writer's Workshop, began a friendship that would be as defining to both of their lives as their work. In Gealy's critically acclaimed and hugely successful memoir, \u003cem\u003eAutobiography of a Face\u003c\/em\u003e, she wrote about losing part of her jaw to childhood cancer, years of chemotherapy and radiation, and endless reconstructive surgeries. In \u003cem\u003eTruth \u0026amp; Beauty\u003c\/em\u003e, the story isn't Lucy's life or Ann's life, but the parts of their lives they shared together. This is a portrait of unwavering commitment that spans twenty years, from the long cold winters of the Midwest, to surgical wards, to book parties in New York. Through love, fame, drugs, and despair, this is what it means to be part of two lives that are intertwined...and what happens when one is left behind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a tender, brutal book about loving the person we cannot save. It is about loyalty and being uplifted by the sheer effervescence of someone who knew how to live life to the fullest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Truth \u0026 Beauty: A Friendship | Ann Patchett | Paperback | 9780060572150 | Used: Very Good | Memoir 1737911 (temp: 17)","offer_id":48168652472472,"sku":"1737911","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/61RTqgqyg_L.jpg?v=1771973211","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/truth-beauty-a-friendship","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}