ARGONAUT BOOKS

What did your face look like before your parents were born? Who are you? What is your true self? These are the questions in Ruth Ozeki's mind as she challenges herself to spend three hours gazing into her own reflection, recording every thought and detail. What follows are a lifetime's worth of meditations on race, ageing, family, death, the body, self-doubt and, finally, acceptance. Reviews Strange in the best sense, plus funny, moving and deeply wiseSan Francisco ChronicleThe Face, as with the best of literary nonfiction, incorporates elements of memoir and essay, conjectu...Read More