The Story of Beautiful Girl
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On Shelf At: Downtown Library
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"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"--Provided by publisher.
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Historical Fiction submitted by cdeucher on July 25, 2023, 8:15am This is a love story. Two differently abled people who are living in an institution and one night escape with their precious newborn baby. They land at the house of a widowed school teacher who takes them in only to have the police come to her door. The young man escapes and the last words the young woman speaks before being taken away are "Hide her". What follows are the next forty years in the lives of these characters.
PUBLISHED
New York : Grand Central Pub., 2011.
Year Published: 2011
Description: 346 p. ; 24 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780446574464
0446574465
SUBJECTS
People with disabilities -- Fiction.