The Story of Beautiful Girl

Type

Book

Authors

Simon, Rachel

ISBN 10

0446574465

ISBN 13

9780446574464

Tags

Family Saga, Historical, Psychological, United States, Literary, Psychological Thrillers

Abstract

A novel about a woman who can't speak, a man who is deaf, and a widow who finds herself suddenly caring for a newborn baby.

Description

It is 1968. Lynnie, a young white woman with a developmental disability, and Homan, an African American deaf man, are locked away in an institution, the School for the Incurable and Feebleminded, and have been left to languish, forgotten. They escape and find refuge in the farmhouse of Martha, a retired schoolteacher and widow. But the couple is not alone-Lynnie has just given birth to a baby girl. When the authorities catch up to them that same night, Homan escapes into the darkness, and Lynnie is caught. But before she is forced back into the institution, she whispers two words to Martha: "Hide her." And so begins the 40-year epic journey of Lynnie, Homan, Martha, and baby Julia-lives divided by seemingly insurmountable obstacles, yet drawn together by a secret pact and extraordinary love.

Biblio Notes

Genre/Form: Fiction
Romans (teksten)
Material Type: Fiction
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Rachel Simon

ISBN: 9780446574464 0446574465
OCLC Number: 748505103
Description: 346 p. ; 24 cm
Responsibility: Rachel Simon.

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