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The narrator prepares her home at a shelter for the arrival of her new baby, Lydia, who was born with Down syndrome. She has two sons and an ex-husband who abused them and who continues to send threatening, pleading letters. The narrator recalls her childhood with her German family, who she was taken away from to a child home.
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Warning: Please be aware that this work may contain words, terms or descriptions which may be culturally sensitive and are considered inappropriate today, but which reflect the period in which it was written.
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Writing Disability in Australia:
Type of disability Down syndrome. Type of character Secondary. Point of view First person.
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