The Story of Beautiful Girl (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780446574457)

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. Deeply in love, 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.

Author: Rachel Simon
ISBN-10: 0446574457
ISBN-13: 9780446574457
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Language: English
Published: 02/13/2012
Pages: 368
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.30w x 1.10d

Review Citation(s):
Entertainment Weekly 02/24/2012 pg. 81
Christian Century 05/02/2012 pg. 45