tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3017619759232312084.post1044335868561203076..comments2023-10-29T01:23:25.535-07:00Comments on Beth Kephart Books: teaching Lucy Grealy's Autobiography of a FaceBeth Kepharthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14236487532413398431noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3017619759232312084.post-38376392883831115872013-01-29T19:03:11.982-08:002013-01-29T19:03:11.982-08:00Grealy's book is a wonder, and so is Ann Patch...Grealy's book is a wonder, and so is Ann Patchett's memoir of their friendship, Truth and Beauty. They make an interesting pairing.<br /><br />I have considered The Duke of Deception for class, but isn't it still out of print? I guess students can get used copies easily enough, though.Richard Gilberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02295157685034187345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3017619759232312084.post-18882429651023785192013-01-28T14:21:04.006-08:002013-01-28T14:21:04.006-08:00One thing that struck me the most from this book w...One thing that struck me the most from this book was its exploration of the old expectation women can't seem to kick no matter how liberated we become: women are judged on their external beauty so often that, God help us, we start judging ourselves using the same stingy, demanding yardstick. It is always easy to see the beauty in others, to want to whack that yardstick out of their hands when they start measuring themselves against it. But they cling to the yardstick, as we do in our turn.<br />Jennifer R. Hubbardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03408588432492354248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3017619759232312084.post-34411211921283705932013-01-28T11:17:25.638-08:002013-01-28T11:17:25.638-08:00Your home lovely - just like its Mistress.
Pretty...Your home lovely - just like its Mistress.<br /><br />Pretty sure what the next book I'm ordering is. Thanks for sharing all this goodness, Beth.patti.mallett_pphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01453756965198648016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3017619759232312084.post-36354402096466338782013-01-28T06:30:47.757-08:002013-01-28T06:30:47.757-08:00Oh, there is so much great writing. Tobias's ...Oh, there is so much great writing. Tobias's book is wonderful reading, but he himself has noted how much fiction has crept in (all that dialogue is a dead give away). DUKE seeks answers to big questions, where as Tobias tells a very engaging story.Beth Kepharthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14236487532413398431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3017619759232312084.post-30353821756349362242013-01-28T06:27:08.290-08:002013-01-28T06:27:08.290-08:00Autobiography of a Face and The Diving Bell and th...<i>Autobiography of a Face</i> and <i>The Diving Bell and the Butterfly</i> are so beautiful! They are two of my all-time favorite memoirs. I prefer Tobias Wolff's <i>This Boy's Life</i> over his brother Geoffrey Wolffs' <i>The Duke of Deception</i>. But both are excellent.<br /><br /> I wish I could sit in your class. But at least I have been lucky enough to do so in the past. Remember Penn's annual writing conference? So good. I wish Penn still ran that.<br /><br />No surprise that your family place is so warm and welcoming.<br /><br />Have a good teaching day.KFPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10438237184719475988noreply@blogger.com