Ebook {Epub PDF} The Story of Beautiful Girl by Rachel Simon

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 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().  · The Story Of Beautiful Girl is an enthralling love story with many obstacles in the way thwarting the lovers from being together for decades. The story begins with Lynnie a young and beautiful disabled white woman with limited speech abilities and Homan, a deaf-mute African American man, who have escaped from the Pennsylvania State School of the Incurable and Feebleminded in the last 's/5.

Buy The Story of Beautiful Girl: The beloved Richard and Judy Book Club pick by Simon, Rachel from Amazon's Fiction Books Store. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction. 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.

The Story Of Beautiful Girl is an enthralling love story with many obstacles in the way thwarting the lovers from being together for decades. The story begins with Lynnie a young and beautiful disabled white woman with limited speech abilities and Homan, a deaf-mute African American man, who have escaped from the Pennsylvania State School of the Incurable and Feebleminded in the last 's. Rachel Simon is the award-winning author of six books and a nationally-recognized public speaker on issues related to diversity and disability. Her titles include the bestsellers, The Story of Beautiful Girl and Riding The Bus with My Sister. Both books are frequent selections of book clubs and school reading programs around the country. The Story of Beautiful Girl is a novel by Rachel Simon. Taking place between and the mids, it follows Lynnie, a developmentally disabled woman, and Homan, a deaf African-American man, who are committed against their wills to a regressive mental health institution. Refusing to live on the margins of society, Lynnie and Homan make an escape together after falling in love.