The Story of Beautiful Girl: The beloved Richard and Judy Book Club pick
Sep 2011 · Random House
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A RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK
Pennsylvania, 1968.
'Hide her.'
Two words that would change all of their lives - for ever.
On a stormy night in small-town America, a couple, desperate and soaked to the skin, knock on a stranger's door. When Martha, a retired schoolteacher, answers their knock, her world changes for ever.
Her visitors are Lynnie and Homan, who have fled The School for the Incurable and Feebleminded with their newborn baby. But the police are closing in and their freedom is about to be snatched away. Moments before she is taken back to the School, bound and tied, Lynnie utters two words to Martha: 'Hide her.' And so begins the heart-rending story of Lynnie, Homan, Martha and baby Julia - lives divided by seemingly insurmountable obstacles, but drawn together by a secret pact and extraordinary love.
Pennsylvania, 1968.
'Hide her.'
Two words that would change all of their lives - for ever.
On a stormy night in small-town America, a couple, desperate and soaked to the skin, knock on a stranger's door. When Martha, a retired schoolteacher, answers their knock, her world changes for ever.
Her visitors are Lynnie and Homan, who have fled The School for the Incurable and Feebleminded with their newborn baby. But the police are closing in and their freedom is about to be snatched away. Moments before she is taken back to the School, bound and tied, Lynnie utters two words to Martha: 'Hide her.' And so begins the heart-rending story of Lynnie, Homan, Martha and baby Julia - lives divided by seemingly insurmountable obstacles, but drawn together by a secret pact and extraordinary love.
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Katherine Judge
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October 15, 2013
This isn't a book I would usually read but was one chosen by my book club. Although it was a little slow in places it was a very enjoyable story with many different aspects to it. I would recommend it.
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June 2, 2012
Expect yo become overcome in a plethora of mixed emotions whilst page turning this one! Resonated with me as a mother also.
About the author
Rachel Simon is an award-winning author, renowned public speaker, and sister of a woman with an intellectual disability. She is best known for her critically acclaimed, bestselling memoir Riding the Bus with My Sister, which was adapted for a Hallmark Hall of Fame movie and is a much-beloved selection of book clubs and secondary school reading lists. She lives in Delaware.
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