Shepard, an Italian Catholic whose wife’s father was Jewish, spent more than two years conducting exhaustive research for his latest book, culminating in a trip to Warsaw.
Judy Blume's name on a book cover has been synonymous with childhood for almost 50 years, with millions of fans crediting her novels for their helpful insights.
To exploit people disfigured by birth or disabled by circumstance by putting them on display for thrill seekers seems politically incorrect today, but a century