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'In 1994, Lucy Grealy published Autobiography of a Face (Grealy 2003: 3; First Perennial edition), her memoir about childhood cancer and the resulting facial disfigurement she endured for the rest of her life. Her intention in writing it, stated her friend and fellow writer Anne Patchett, was not to be an inspiration to others who had suffered terrible illness but to have produced something of literary merit (Patchett 2003: 230). Nonetheless, Autobiography of a Face was received with much acclaim not only for its lyricism, but also for the in-depth way it explored notions of identity and self within the illness experience (DasGupta 2007; Mojtabai 1994; Zbar 1995).' (Introduction)
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http://www.axonjournal.com.au/issue-15/stories-giving-voice
Stories Giving Voice : Young Adult Illness Fictions
Axon : Creative Explorations
Axon : Creative Explorations
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- On the Jellicoe Road 2006 single work novel
- The Dead I Know 2011 single work novel
- The Protected 2014 single work novel
- Zac and Mia 2013 single work novel
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