It Must Be Beautiful to Be Finished History Raised by a fierce aunt

Raised by a fierce aunt determined to give her a stable home in the wake of her mother’s death

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It Must Be Beautiful to Be Finished History Raised by a fierce auntA raw, beautiful memoir of a girl born missing an ear, a medical system insistent on saving her from herself, and our cultures desire to fix bodies. When Kate Gies was four years old, a plastic surgeon pressed a synthetic ear to the right side of her head and pulled out a mirror. He told her he could make her wholecould make her rightand she believed him. From the age of four to thirteen, she underwent fourteen surgeries, including skin and bone