This story begins during a storm when two strangers knock on the door of a widow who lives out in the country in an old farmhouse. Martha, the widow,opens her door to find a black man and a white woman. They are soaked, wrapped in blankets and holding a metal sign over their heads/5(). Synopsis. It is 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. Deeply in love, they escape, and find refuge in the farmhouse of Martha, a retired schoolteacher and widow. This is the story of Lynnie, the Beautiful Girl, who was placed (in the s) at a young age in an institution for those with developmental disabilities, although much harsher and meaner words were used to describe her and her condition. The institution in a rural area of Pennsylvania is called The School for the Incurable and Feebleminded/5().
"The Story of Beautiful Girl" is an unforgettably moving love story about the improbable odds faced by a couple with disabilities and a lost child. Rachel Si. Rachel Simon is the author of six books. The Story of Beautiful Girl The House On Teacher's Lane Riding The Bus With My Sister The Writer's Survival Guide The Magic Touch Little Nightmares Little Dreams In , Hallmark Hall of Fame adapted Riding The Bus With My Sister for a film by the same name. It starred Rosie O'Donnell as Rachel's sister Beth and Andie MacDowell as Rachel, and it was. The Story of Beautiful Girl. Rachel Simon. Grand Central Publishing, May 4, - Fiction - pages. 50 Reviews. It is 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.
This is the story of Lynnie, the Beautiful Girl, who was placed (in the s) at a young age in an institution for those with developmental disabilities, although much harsher and meaner words were used to describe her and her condition. The institution in a rural area of Pennsylvania is called The School for the Incurable and Feebleminded. This story begins during a storm when two strangers knock on the door of a widow who lives out in the country in an old farmhouse. Martha, the widow,opens her door to find a black man and a white woman. They are soaked, wrapped in blankets and holding a metal sign over their heads. Desiree, the “fidgety twin,” and Stella, “a smart, careful girl,” make their break from stultifying rural Mallard, Louisiana, becoming year-old runaways in New Orleans. The novel opens 14 years later as Desiree, fleeing a violent marriage in D.C., returns home with a different relative: her 8-year-old daughter, Jude.
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