The Story of Beautiful Girl: The beloved Richard and Judy Book Club pick

by	Rachel Simon

SKU: 9780099558385 Categories: Fiction, Literary, Modern and contemporary Fiction (post 1945), Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary Tags: beautiful girl, cara hunter books in order, close to home cara hunter, close to me, Coming of age, contemporary, contemporary fiction, disability, disabled, eleanor oliphant is completely fine by gail honeyman, historical romance, Jane Shemilt, literary fiction, lori lansens, love, moving, Rachel Joyce, relationships, richard and judy book club, richard and judy bookclub, romance, romantic fiction, simon, sisters, social stories, the girls, The Help, the memory keepers daughter, top 10 fiction, top ten fiction

15.99 JOD

Jordan: Deliverable within 48 hours
International: Deliverable within 7 Days

Description
Reviews (0)

Description

A RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB PICKPennsylvania, 1968.’Hide her.’Two words that would change all of their lives – for ever.On a stormy night in small-town America, a couple, desperate and soaked to the skin, knock on a stranger’s door. When Martha, a retired schoolteacher, answers their knock, her world changes for ever.Her visitors are Lynnie and Homan, who have fled The School for the Incurable and Feebleminded with their newborn baby. But the police are closing in and their freedom is about to be snatched away. Moments before she is taken back to the School, bound and tied, Lynnie utters two words to Martha: ‘Hide her.’ And so begins the heart-rending story of Lynnie, Homan, Martha and baby Julia – lives divided by seemingly insurmountable obstacles, but drawn together by a secret pact and extraordinary love.

Additional information

Weight	0.245 kg
Dimensions	2.2 × 12.9 × 19.8 cm
by	Rachel Simon
Format	Paperback
Language	English
Pages	352
Publisher	Random House
Year Published	2012-1-5
Imprint	Windmill Books
Publication City/Country	London, United Kingdom
ISBN 10	0099558386
About The Author	Rachel Simon is an award-winning author, renowned public speaker, and sister of a woman with an intellectual disability. She is best known for her critically acclaimed, bestselling memoir Riding the Bus with My Sister, which was adapted for a Hallmark Hall of Fame movie and is a much-beloved selection of book clubs and secondary school reading lists. She lives in Delaware.
	If you loved Lori Lansens' The Girls, you'll love this even more. Beautiful story-telling that pulls you right in.
Other text	Simon combines love story and social accountability to great effect.

Reviews

There are no reviews yet.

Only logged in customers who have purchased this product may leave a review.

SINS OF WAR

Love Remains

Save Me The Waltz

The Sisters of APF: The Indoctrination of Soror Ride Dick