Lyt når som helst, hvor som helst

Nyd den ubegrænsede adgang til tusindvis af spændende e- og lydbøger - helt gratis

  • Lyt og læs så meget du har lyst til
  • Opdag et kæmpe bibliotek fyldt med fortællinger
  • Eksklusive titler + Mofibo Originals
  • Opsig når som helst
Prøv nu
DK - Details page - Device banner - 894x1036
Cover for Smile: The Story of a Face

Smile: The Story of a Face

4 Bedømmelse

4.3

Varighed
6T 28M
Sprog
Engelsk
Format
Kategori

Biografier

* A People Best Book of the Year * Time and The Washington Post’s Most Anticipated List * Longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence * From the MacArthur genius, two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, and playwright, this “captivating, insightful memoir” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) is “a beautiful meditation on identity and how we see ourselves” (Real Simple).

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 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, profound, 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. An intimate and “stunning” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) examination of loss and reconciliation, “Ruhl reminds us that a smile is not just a smile but a vital form of communication, of bonding, of what makes us human” (The Washington Post). Brimming with insight, humility, and levity, Smile is a triumph by one of America’s leading playwrights.

© 2021 Simon & Schuster Audio (Lydbog): 9781797130880

Udgivelsesdato

Lydbog: 5. oktober 2021

Andre kan også lide...

  1. Three Girls from Bronzeville: A Uniquely American Memoir of Race, Fate, and Sisterhood
    Three Girls from Bronzeville: A Uniquely American Memoir of Race, Fate, and Sisterhood Dawn Turner
  2. Surviving the White Gaze: A Memoir
    Surviving the White Gaze: A Memoir Rebecca Carroll
  3. Take Up Space: The Unprecedented AOC
    Take Up Space: The Unprecedented AOC The Editors of New York Magazine
  4. From the Ashes: My Story of Being Indigenous, Homeless, and Finding My Way
    From the Ashes: My Story of Being Indigenous, Homeless, and Finding My Way Jesse Thistle
  5. The Reckonings: Essays
    The Reckonings: Essays Lacy M. Johnson
  6. How It Feels to Be Free: Black Women Entertainers and the Civil Rights Movement
    How It Feels to Be Free: Black Women Entertainers and the Civil Rights Movement Ruth Feldstein
  7. Vessel: A Memoir
    Vessel: A Memoir Chongda Cai
  8. The Quality of Love: Twin Sisters at the Heart of the Century
    The Quality of Love: Twin Sisters at the Heart of the Century Ariane Bankes
  9. The Love You Save: A Memoir
    The Love You Save: A Memoir Goldie Taylor
  10. Upper Bohemia: A Memoir
    Upper Bohemia: A Memoir Hayden Herrera
  11. Northern Light: Power, Land, and the Memory of Water
    Northern Light: Power, Land, and the Memory of Water Kazim Ali
  12. The Agitators: Three Friends Who Fought for Abolition and Women's Rights
    The Agitators: Three Friends Who Fought for Abolition and Women's Rights Dorothy Wickenden
  13. Missed Translations: Meeting the Immigrant Parents Who Raised Me
    Missed Translations: Meeting the Immigrant Parents Who Raised Me Sopan Deb
  14. Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen: The Emotional Lives of Black Women
    Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen: The Emotional Lives of Black Women Inger Burnett-Zeigler
  15. Eat Your Mind: The Radical Life and Work of Kathy Acker
    Eat Your Mind: The Radical Life and Work of Kathy Acker Jason McBride
  16. The Oak Papers
    The Oak Papers James Canton
  17. Class: A Memoir
    Class: A Memoir Stephanie Land
  18. The Middle Place
    The Middle Place Kelly Corrigan
  19. The Beauty of Dusk: On Vision Lost and Found
    The Beauty of Dusk: On Vision Lost and Found Frank Bruni
  20. The Exceptions: Nancy Hopkins, MIT, and the Fight for Women in Science
    The Exceptions: Nancy Hopkins, MIT, and the Fight for Women in Science Kate Zernike
  21. Owner of a Lonely Heart: A Memoir
    Owner of a Lonely Heart: A Memoir Beth Nguyen
  22. Children of the Land
    Children of the Land Marcelo Hernandez Castillo
  23. What Looks Like Bravery: An Epic Journey Through Loss to Love
    What Looks Like Bravery: An Epic Journey Through Loss to Love Laurel Braitman
  24. Docile: Memoirs of a Not-So-Perfect Asian Girl
    Docile: Memoirs of a Not-So-Perfect Asian Girl Hyeseung Song
  25. Men Have Called Her Crazy: A Memoir
    Men Have Called Her Crazy: A Memoir Anna Marie Tendler
  26. This is Your Mother: A Memoir
    This is Your Mother: A Memoir Erika J. Simpson
  27. This Bright Future: A Memoir
    This Bright Future: A Memoir Bobby Hall
  28. At the Center of All Beauty: Solitude and the Creative Life
    At the Center of All Beauty: Solitude and the Creative Life Fenton Johnson
  29. The Witching Year: A Memoir of Earnest Fumbling Through Modern Witchcraft
    The Witching Year: A Memoir of Earnest Fumbling Through Modern Witchcraft Diana Helmuth
  30. Being Seen: One Deafblind Woman's Fight to End Ableism
    Being Seen: One Deafblind Woman's Fight to End Ableism Elsa Sjunneson
  31. A Time Outside This Time
    A Time Outside This Time Amitava Kumar
  32. Gathering Blossoms Under Fire: The Journals of Alice Walker
    Gathering Blossoms Under Fire: The Journals of Alice Walker Alice Walker
  33. Faith, Gender, and Activism in the Punjab Conflict : The Wheat Fields Still Whisper: The Wheat Fields Still Whisper
    Faith, Gender, and Activism in the Punjab Conflict : The Wheat Fields Still Whisper: The Wheat Fields Still Whisper Mallika Kaur
  34. Once I Was You: A Memoir of Love and Hate in a Torn America
    Once I Was You: A Memoir of Love and Hate in a Torn America Maria Hinojosa
  35. History of a Suicide: My Sister's Unfinished Life
    History of a Suicide: My Sister's Unfinished Life Jill Bialosky
  36. The Red Car: A Novel
    The Red Car: A Novel Marcy Dermansky
  37. Alien Nation: 36 True Tales of Immigration
    Alien Nation: 36 True Tales of Immigration Sofija Stefanovic
  38. Days
    Days Paul Bowles
  39. Feminism in the Wild: How Human Biases Shape Our Understanding of Animal Behavior
    Feminism in the Wild: How Human Biases Shape Our Understanding of Animal Behavior Ambika Kamath
  40. The New American
    The New American Micheline Aharonian Marcom
  41. We Had a Little Real Estate Problem: The Unheralded Story of Native Americans & Comedy
    We Had a Little Real Estate Problem: The Unheralded Story of Native Americans & Comedy Kliph Nesteroff
  42. Revival Season
    Revival Season Monica West
  43. Feast Your Eyes: A Novel
    Feast Your Eyes: A Novel Myla Goldberg
  44. The Affairs of the Falcóns: A Novel
    The Affairs of the Falcóns: A Novel Melissa Rivero
  45. The Best American Essays 2024
    The Best American Essays 2024 Wesley Morris
  46. Cygnet: A Novel
    Cygnet: A Novel Season Butler

Vælg dit abonnement

  • Over 600.000 titler

  • Download og nyd titler offline

  • Eksklusive titler + Mofibo Originals

  • Børnevenligt miljø (Kids Mode)

  • Det er nemt at opsige når som helst

Den mest populære

Premium

For dig som lytter og læser ofte.

129 kr. /måned
  • 1 konto

  • 100 timer/måned

  • Eksklusivt indhold hver uge

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Ingen binding

Start tilbuddet

Unlimited

For dig som lytter og læser ubegrænset.

149 kr. /måned
  • 1 konto

  • Ubegrænset adgang

  • Eksklusivt indhold hver uge

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Ingen binding

Start tilbuddet

Family

For dig som ønsker at dele historier med familien.

Fra 179 kr. /måned
  • 2-6 konti

  • 100 timer/måned pr. konto

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Kun 39 kr. pr. ekstra konto

  • Ingen binding

2 konti

179 kr. /måned
Start tilbuddet

Flex

For dig som vil prøve Mofibo.

89 kr. /måned
  • 1 konto

  • 20 timer/måned

  • Gem op til 100 ubrugte timer

  • Eksklusivt indhold hver uge

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Ingen binding

Prøv gratis