The Invisible Smile: Living Without Facial Expression

by Jonathan Cole and Henrietta Spalding

We are defined by our faces. They give identity, but, equally important, reveal our moods and emotions through facial expression. So what happens when the face cannot move? This book is about people who live with M?bius Syndrome, which has as its main feature an absence of movement of the
muscles of facial expression from birth.

People with M?bius cannot smile, frown, or look surprised or sad. Talking and eating are problematic, since their...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198566395
• ISBN13: 9780198566397
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.2"