{"product_id":"truth-beauty-a-friendship-9780060572150","title":"Truth \u0026 Beauty: A Friendship","description":"\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\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\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\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePatchett, Ann:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eANN PATCHETT is the author of eight novels, four works of nonfiction, and two children's books. She has been the recipient of numerous awards, including the PEN\/Faulkner, the Women's Prize in the U.K., and the Book Sense Book of the Year. Her most recent novel, \u003cem\u003eThe Dutch House\u003c\/em\u003e, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Her work has been translated into more than thirty languages. \u003cem\u003eTIME\u003c\/em\u003e magazine named her one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World. She lives in Nashville, Tennessee, where she is the co-owner of Parnassus Books.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50598529564946,"sku":"9780060572150","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7ca0aa98-b2fc-4e55-bf69-b1adda4ef30c.jpg?v=1732186761","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/truth-beauty-a-friendship-9780060572150","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}