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Ruhl, Sarah, 1974-
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Ruhl, Sarah, 1974-
Facial paralysis -- Patients -- Biography.
Dramatists, American -- 21st century -- Biography.
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Ruhl, Sarah, 1974-
Ruhl, Sarah, 1974-
Facial paralysis -- Patients -- Biography.
Dramatists, American -- 21st century -- Biography.
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Smile
: the
story
of a
face
/ Sarah Ruhl.
by
Ruhl, Sarah, 1974-
Simon & Schuster, 2021.
Call #:
812.6 R933s
Subjects
Ruhl, Sarah, 1974-
Facial paralysis -- Patients -- Biography.
Dramatists, American -- 21st century -- Biography.
ISBN:
9781982150945 (hc)
Edition:
1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
Description:
241 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:
"The extraordinary
story
of one woman’s ten-year medical and metaphysical odyssey that brought her physical, creative, emotional, and spiritual healing, by a MacArthur genius and two-time Pulitzer finalist. With a play opening on Broadway, and every reason to
smile
, Sarah Ruhl has just survived a high-risk pregnancy when she discovers the left side of her
face
is completely paralyzed. She is assured that 90 percent of Bell’s palsy patients see spontaneous improvement and experience a full recovery. Like Ruhl’s own mother. But Sarah is in the unlucky ten percent. And for a woman, wife, mother, and artist working in 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 piercing, witty, and lucid meditations, Ruhl chronicles her journey as a patient, wife, mother, and artist. She explores the struggle of a body yearning to match its inner landscape, the pain of postpartum depression, the
story
of a marriage, being a playwright and working mom to three small children, and the desire for a resilient spiritual life in the
face
of illness. Brimming with insight, humility, and levity,
Smile
is a triumph by one of America’s leading playwrights. It is an intimate examination of loss and reconciliation, and above all else, the importance of perseverance and hope in the
face
of adversity."--Publisher.
Genre:
Memoirs.
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