A face for Picasso coming of age with Crouzon syndrome

There was danger in the kind of beauty I was desperate to achieve. At only eight months old, identical twin sisters Ariel and Zan Henley were diagnosed with Crouzon syndrome -- a rare condition where the bones in the head fuse prematurely. They were the first twins known to survive it. Growing up, A...

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Main Author: Henley, Ariel, 1992- (Author, Narrator)
Format: Audiobooks eAudiobook Downloads eAudiobook
Language:English
Published: Prince Frederick : Recorded Books, Inc., 2021.
Edition:Unabridged.
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