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. 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. · 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.
ANCOR Applauds the Release of The Story of Beautiful Girl. New Novel Showcases the Value of Community Living for People with Disabilities (Alexandria, VA - May 4, ) The American Network of Community Options and Resources (ANCOR), celebrates the release today of the novel, The Story of Beautiful Girl, by Rachel Simon. May marks the official release a new book from Rachel Simon, "The Story of Beautiful Girl." (Available now on bltadwin.ru) Ms. Simon is a frequent speaker at events hosted by Chapters of The Arc, including The Arc of Kentucky's recent state conference thanks to the popularity of her memoir, "Riding the Bus with My Sister (), which focused on her sister Beth, who has a. A rainy day is better than no day. A small happiness can make a big sadness less sad.". ― Rachel Simon, The Story of Beautiful Girl. tags: hope. 14 likes. Like. "A rainy day can actually be a very important day. And a small hope isn't really small if it makes a lost hope less sad.".
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. 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. Desiree, the “fidgety twin,” and Stella, “a smart, careful girl,” make their break from stultifying rural Mallard, Louisiana, becoming year-old runaways in New Orleans. The novel opens 14 years later as Desiree, fleeing a violent marriage in D.C., returns home with a different relative: her 8-year-old daughter, Jude.
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