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For years, they came in on weekends to plan and practice—nearly sixty surgeons, nurses, and anesthesiologists, preparing to harmonize in a vast medical symphony. For the team at Mayo Clinic, it was their most complex surgery to date: a face transplant. At the heart of this event was Andy Sandness. He grappled with feelings of isolation and shame after a disfiguring suicide attempt but was determined to reclaim his future, to be seen as ordinary, and to belong again.

Russell Joyce was born with a rare craniofacial disorder called Goldenhar syndrome, where the left side of his face was not formed. Years of patchwork surgeries made him more outwardly presentable, but not without deep pain and physical and emotional scars. But a life-changing encounter broke through to him with a power he never thought possible, in the very place he never thought to look—his broken face. This set Russell on a journey to understand what was hindering him and others from experiencing the power of God's grace and being truly set free.

Jean-Baptiste Dethieux est le père d'une enfant porteuse d'un handicap qui la rend à certains moments toute petite et démunie et à d'autres, grande et forte, si forte qu'elle semble embrasser le monde dans son entier, s'en amuser ou s'en réjouir dans une innocence désarmante. Elle est alors, non seulement cette enfant souffrant d'un handicap, mais aussi l'incarnation d'une joie simple et d'une force de vie irradiante.