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Originally Posted by EvelynD2
I love to collect books but eventually end up out of space and have to get rid of some. A few I will always hand on to. One is "Miracle at Carville" by Betty Martin (Pseudonym}. It is the true story of a woman who found out, at the age of 19, that she had leprosy. She was sent to a leprosarium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. After some years there, she meets, falls in love and marries. This book is fantastic and I would recommend it to anyone to read. It was recommended to me in high school and I reread it numerous times before I bought my own copy. The Hansen's Museum sells copies of this book. Hansen's disease is now what leprosy is called.
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I am going to have to get a copy of that book. Thanks for telling us about it.