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Born without an ear, she grew up feeling like a puzzle to be solved

Born without an ear, she grew up feeling like a puzzle to be solved

Update: 2025-02-12
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Kate Gies was born missing an ear, and underwent more than a dozen surgeries by the time she was 13. In her new memoir, It Must be Beautiful to be Finished, she writes about growing up feeling that her body was always something that needed to be fixed — and why she finally said enough was enough.

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Born without an ear, she grew up feeling like a puzzle to be solved

Born without an ear, she grew up feeling like a puzzle to be solved