Ugly: A Beautiful True Story about One Very Ugly Kid (Audiobook)

from secondhandrose

This was a very straightforward memoir with many insights into life with significant disabilities. What comes across is what a fine person Robert Hoge is.

from rata

A powerful story of a Robert Hoge an Australian man who has coped throughout his life with a severe facial disfigurement. Robert Hoge was born with a tumour in the middle of his face, and legs that weren't much use. There wasn't another baby like him in the whole of Australia, let alone Brisbane....

from ewyatt

Robert tells his story of growing up while dealing with facial deformities and amputated lower legs. Having a tumor in the middle of his face in utero made his eyes wider set and took the place of his nose. Over the course of his young life he faced many surgeries and tried to come to terms with ...

from raymond56

like Wonder, acceptance, memoir

from

I really wanted to love this book. It's being sold as a comparable to Wonder, by R.J. Palacio and deals directly with the true story of a boy born with physical deformities. Unfortunately, unlike Wonder, this book is written in a very straight forward, autobiographical format with very little hum...