Rachel Simon, author of "The Story of Beautiful Girl," was interviewed Thursday evening on the PBS Newshour. Check it out! Confession: I have read the book and felt it was quite powerful. Couldn't help but notice the underlying references to a Willowbrook-like facility.
JEFFREY BROWN: And finally tonight: a love story that sheds light on how society deals with the disabled.
Judy Woodruff has our book conversation.
JUDY WOODRUFF: There are more than 50
million Americans who have some sort of disability, according to the
Census Bureau. They range from profound, needing a wheelchair or other
assistance with daily activity, to less restrictive, and from physical
disabilities to cognitive and emotional.
Rachel Simon has given a lot of thought to their lives, how the rest
of society sees them, since her sister is intellectually impaired. She
wrote a memoir in 2002 called "Riding the Bus With My Sister." Her most
recent book is a novel, "The Story of Beautiful Girl." It's about the
lives of two people who meet living in an institution, and it follows
them for four decades.
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