Waiting on Wednesday is hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine.
This week's selection
The Story of Beautiful Girl by Rachel Simon
Due out May 4, 2011
Product Description from Amazon:
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.
Rachel Simon is also the author of Riding the Bus With My Sister: A True Life Journey which was one of Barnes and Noble's Discover New Writers Picks.
1 comment:
Sold! This one's going on my list...Happy New Year!
Post a Comment