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blame Rachel Simon. I blame her for the bags under my eyes and the toothpicks holding up my eyelids, And, it's all because of this book, The Story of Beautiful Girl,nights this week it's had me just one more paging myself into a:am bedtime, Y'all, I have to tell you about this book, Editorial reviews describe this book as an enthralling or unlikely love story but it is so much more, In fact, by calling this book a love story, I think the editors do it a disservice and turn away a bunch of possible read younger males readers, Sure, The Story of Beautiful Girl tells the story of Lynnie and Homan, two people in love who tried to run away from the Pennsylvania State School for the Incurable and Feebleminded.
But, their love story isn't what drives the book, The reader recognizes that despite Lynnie's and Homan's disabilities they have the same human needs and desires that each of us do, Yes, they need freedom, respect, beauty, shelter, education, and even love, With this recognition of a very basic kinship with Lynnie and Homan, the reader begins to care about these characters whose surfaces seem so different from us, Ms. Simon's ability to create characters that we identify with and care about allows her to enthrall her readers with a decades spanning story that at times horrifies with it's unflinching look at the mistreatment of the disabled.
But, The Story of Beautiful Girl does not only horrify, It also delights and thrills the reader as you watch Lynnie and Homan grown and learn and become fully realized members of the big, wide world we all live in.
The Story of Beautiful Girl is a rare gem of a book and is well worth having in your library, Do yourself a huge favor and pick up a copy as soon as you can, I had only read to pagewhen I had the feeling that this book was going to be something special and quite possibly one of the best books I have read this year.
So it was. I am usually a quick reader but when I like a book alot I tend to slow down quite a bit as I did with this book, One night changes the lives of all the characters, either directly or indirectly,and it is in turn heartbreaking, compassionate and joyful, I am notoriously stingy giving outstars,
In my mind, a book deserving of "my"I realize people rate books on different merits must not only be wellwritten, but it must have some lasting impact on me.
And perhaps even leave me changed somehow,

Within the firstpages of this book, I realized it was going to for sure getstars, But as the story moved forward, as the characters became more real, as the days segued into years and then decades, I felt my own frustrations linked with theirs, My own hopes teamed with theirs,

This is a story about despair, hope, identity, selfsacrifice and love,
I always hesitate to recap a storyline because goodreads already provides a synopsis, If the misunderstanding and mistreatment of people whom society at large used to call "damaged" or "defective" interests you, . . if the plight of those who are without their ability to hear or speak has always resonated with you, . . if the idea of never giving up on a long lost hope is something to which you can relate, please
read this book,
And let The Story of Beautiful Girl take you on ayear plus journey to place of wholeness and renewed faith in the goodness of many people which should always overshadow those who do harm.
In the lates a beautiful young developmental disabled woman is raped by one of the attendants in a musty closet of the Pennsylvania Residence for Gifted Children and Adults.
This womans name is Lynnie, she isyears old and has spent the pastyears living at “The School”,

Lynnie befriends a deaf African American man also a resident at “The School”, and they plot their escape, Lynnie is pregnant as a result of the rape and she has seen the horrors of babies who live at “The School”,

The baby girl is born while they are running, exhausted and frightened they knock on the door of a retired school teacher, Martha has years of experience working with children and immediately understands that Lynnie and the man are not highly functioning adults, She takes them in, gives them dinner and dry clothing, Unfortunately, the administration from “The School” arrives to take Lynnie and the man back to “The School”, Before she leaves, she whispers in Marthas ear“Hide her”,

The man escapes through the back door and into the woods and is never found, Lynnie returns to the school in a straightjacket where she lives for twelve more years, Martha and the baby successfully evade all who are searching for them, I wont tell you anymore, because reading this

odyssey is a sad and hopeful journey,

There is only one piece of this story that seems contrived to me, the manner in which Lynnies daughter discovers her background, It is very late in the story and I felt it was not a well developed as it should have been, Otherwise, this story will keep you engrossed,


As soon as I finished this book, I wanted to start it all over again,

The Story of Beautiful Girl surpasses most of what I've read this year, Great characters who seemed so real, it felt like I'd met them, . . Simon gives us an eye into their souls, Place was done so well that it seemed like being in a movie, I cannot remember when a book passage gave me goose bumps and this happened more than once here, Enough said: I LOVED this book! Rachel Simon is definitely one to keep an eye on, . . please keep writing! I really enjoyed Rachel Simon's memoir 'Riding the Bus with My Sister' and was excited to see she had recently published a novel, When I read what the novel was about, I thought Simon would be able to bring a special kind of insight to the story because of her own relationship with her sister who has a developmental disability.


The story opens after Lynnie and Buddy escape from the School for the Incurable and Feebleminded, Lynnie has a developmental disability and Buddy is deaf, While on the run Lynnie gives birth and they find themselves seeking shelter on Martha's doorstep, Martha offers them comfort but the authorities arrive soon after, Just before Lynnie is taken away she asks Martha to hide her baby, Martha hides the baby and devotes herself to her upbringing, the story that follows spans forty years,

I was really looking forward to reading this story, I think it had great potential on many different levels, Unfortunately I found the writing to be dull unimaginative and clichéd, The dialog was forced and unrealistic, the characters were flat and lifeless and the events that unfolded were unbelievable, The author creates a woman who would sacrifice her entire life to protect an innocent baby but she doesnt develop the character into a realistic person or offer any reasons why she would do such a thing.


I wrote notes describing the writing while I was reading the book, Some of the things I wrote are strange/awkward writing, pedantic, overly simplified, stiff unrealistic/flat characters, events make no sense,

I repeatedly wondered if this was originally intended for the Young Adult reader, Even if it was intended for the YA reader it was still a poorly plotted and poorly written story, I was really disappointed by this novel though I did love the cover and the end pages, I wish that Simons had worked with an editor who could have helped make this a stronger piece of work,
I picked up a stinky read, I can't say this book was positively stinky, because it started off with great intensity and a plot with a very interesting premise, Secondly, I cannot say it was too stinky because I read it from cover to cover, I try very hard to finish anything I select, My three are solely based on the premise of the plot and the enthralling beginning,

I was pulled in until about halfway through and then it turned like a banana left on a sunny window sill, Bring on the stink. Its strength was lost and as I progressed, the writer ceased elaborating on the interesting parts about the main characters and detailed only a dull timeline, I think Rachel Simon has talent, perhaps she needs a new editor or someone to encourage her raw writing rather than the fluffy bits, Someone should introduce her to Anne Rice, I wanted more about the violence at the institution, I wanted more about the child's life as she grows up, I needed more darkness so I could appreciate the lightness at the end, It was too bright and smelly by the end for my taste,

At the beginning of the book the reader is immediately introduced to four main characters, Lynnie, Homan, Martha and Julia, Each of these characters are wonderfully depicted and their background stories are interesting but lacking, you guessed it, details about their rough lives, Circumstances castigate each character and I thrived in those moments, This is when Simon flourished, But she didn't flourish for long and the interesting conflicts were suddenly lost and not told with raw narration, instead they became candy coated and this book turned into a typical Lifetime made for TV movie.
An instrument in writing which does not suit my TV or reading tastes, The book continued to resolve each conflict with pretty little pink bows and by the end I was nauseated by the happily ever after ending,

I realize some readers really like these types of novels, but I prefer something rougher bound between the hardcover book I just purchased, If Simon could have shared more darkness, I might have been able to tolerate the lightness and pretty pink bows, .