Debby Book

Debby is intellectually challenged or, as she would have been know back then, feeble-minded. She cannot read or do math, she struggle to comprehend things, and she requires order in her life. However, she never lacked the capability to love, meaning she once had a husband and sons.
When her husband dies, though, she is seen as incapable of living on her own or raising children, so the children are taken from her and she is sent to live in a home for delinquent women.
When she is "adopted" by a family however, what grows is a co-dependent relationship between Debby and the matron of the house. The story explores their relationship from the beginning through 14 years and shows how they both grow intertwined with one another to the point of seemingly being unable to live without one another.
Having been published in 1950 and taking place between the years 1920 and 1941, there is a lot of prejudice and racism present in the book. It is important to simply remember the time this book was written and takes place.
All in all, this was an excellent book and I recommend it to everyone!