Description: NOTE : BOOK HAS STAINS ON THE EDGE BUT THE CONTENT IS IN GOOD CONDITION Pub Date :2011-11-1 392 Hachette It is 1968 Lynnie. a young white woman with a developmentaldisability. and Homan. an African American deaf man. are lockedaway in an institution. the School for the Incurable. andFeebleminded. and have been left to languish. forgotten. Deeply inlove. they escape. and find refuge in the farmhouse of Martha. aretired schoolteacher and widow. But the couple is not alone-Lynniehas just given birth to a baby girl. When the authorities catch upto them that same night. Homan escapes into the darkness. andLynnie is caught But before she is forced back into theinstitution. she whispers two words to Hide her And sobegins the 40-year epic journey of Lynnie. Homan. Martha . and babyJulia-lives divided by seemingly insurmountable obstacles. yetdrawn together by a secret pact and extraordinary love.