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Keeping Lucy
by T. Greenwood
In Dover, Massachusetts, 1969. Ginny Richardson gave birth to a baby girl with Down's Syndrome. Her Husband signed away her rights to the baby while she was drugged and unable to make the decision for herself. He said he sent her to a "school" for mentally handicapped children, and that it was best that they not see her for the first few months to let her settle in and get adjusted there. Two years later, Ginny still has not seen her daughter, when her best friend Marsha calls with some devastating news....there has been a week-long expose' in the local paper there about the school and the conditions are deplorable. Ginny gets Marsha to take her there to see for herself and immediately signs Lucy out for a weekend pass. Once she does, she realizes there is no way she can send her daughter back to that place and live in those conditions, even at the cost of her marriage.
This book was heart-wrenching. I had to put it down a couple of times and just cry. But I don't regret reading it. The story was so good, so compelling. I have to say, if this book doesn't tug at your heart-strings, then you have no heart.
This book was heart-wrenching. I had to put it down a couple of times and just cry. But I don't regret reading it. The story was so good, so compelling. I have to say, if this book doesn't tug at your heart-strings, then you have no heart.