GRACE WILLIAMS SAYS IT LOUD
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Shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction Winner of the McKitterick Prize 2011 Runner up, Mind Book of the Year 2011 Shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers' First Book Award, the Waverton Good Read Award, the Authors Club First Novel Award the Wellcome Trust Book Prize The doctors said no more could
… More »Shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction Winner of the McKitterick Prize 2011 Runner up, Mind Book of the Year 2011 Shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers' First Book Award, the Waverton Good Read Award, the Authors Club First Novel Award the Wellcome Trust Book Prize The doctors said no more could be done and advised Grace's parents to put her away. On her first day at the Briar Mental Institute, Grace, aged eleven, meets Daniel. Debonair Daniel, an epileptic who can type with his feet, sees a different Grace: someone to share secrets and canoodle with, someone to fight for. A deeply affecting, spirit-soaring story of love against the odds.
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Add a CommentThis is a story of a severely physically handicapped girl, institutionalized for 30 years, who develops a friendship with a remarkable boy in the institution and then moves to a group home. However, if there is this intelligent person inside the girl's head, why is this intelligence invisible to others?