A decade ago the playwright Sarah Ruhl gave birth to twins and lost her smile, all at once. “My smile walked off my face,” that’s how she puts it in her new memoir, “Smile: The Story of a Face.” She developed Bell’s palsy.

A decade ago the playwright Sarah Ruhl gave birth to twins and lost her smile, all at once. “My smile walked off my face,” that’s how she puts it in her new memoir, “Smile: The Story of a Face.” She developed Bell’s palsy.
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