You've Been Graced

Published: Nov. 20, 2020, 8 a.m.

b'"Charles de Gaulle had a hard life. He was a POW in WWI. He had to flee France in order to save it in WWII. He endured protests and assassination attempts. He also had a daughter named Anne, who was born with Down\\u2019s syndrome. In 1928 when she was born, this was not something people knew how to deal with\\u2014handicapped children were often sent away to institutions. Parents were made to feel ashamed, as if they were responsible, for having a \'retarded\' child. "Ryan uses the experience of C...'