Smile : the story of a face
(Book - Regular Print)
Author
Published
New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2021.
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
241 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Status
Prescott Valley Public Library - BIO - Biography Collection
RUHL, SARAH
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RUHL, SARAH
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Yavapai College Prescott - LIMBO - Items being donated to other libraries
PS3618.U48Z46 2021
1 available
PS3618.U48Z46 2021
1 available
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Published
New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2021.
Format
Book - Regular Print
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-241).
Description
"Happily married and in the flush of hard-earned professional success, with her first play opening on Broadway, Sarah Ruhl has just survived a high risk pregnancy and given birth to twins when she discovers the left side of her face entirely paralyzed. Bell's palsy. Ninety percent of Bell's palsy sufferers see spontaneous improvement and full recovery. Like Ruhl's mother. Like Angelina Jolie. But not like Sarah Ruhl. Sarah Ruhl is in the unlucky ten percent. Like Allen Ginsberg. But for a woman, a mother, a wife, and an artist working in the realm of theater, the paralysis and the disconnect between the interior and exterior, brings significant and specific challenges. So Ruhl begins an intense decade-long search for a cure, while simultaneously grappling with the reality of her new face-one that, while recognizably her own-is incapable of accurately communicating feelings or intentions. In a series of searing, witty, and lucid meditations, Ruhl chronicles her journey as a patient, mother, wife, and artist. She details the struggle of a body yearning to match its inner landscape, the pain post-partum depression, the joys and trials of marriage and being a playwright and a mother to three tiny children, and the desire for a resilient spiritual life in the face of difficulty." --,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Ruhl, S. (2021). Smile: the story of a face (First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.). Simon & Schuster.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Ruhl, Sarah, 1974-. 2021. Smile: The Story of a Face. Simon & Schuster.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Ruhl, Sarah, 1974-. Smile: The Story of a Face Simon & Schuster, 2021.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Ruhl, Sarah. Smile: The Story of a Face First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition., Simon & Schuster, 2021.
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