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Modern medicine and human 'enhancement' technologies has the potential to erase the so-called freak. These freaks think they are just fine...
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Megan Sukys
Posted on December 07, 2009 at 09:26 PM | Permalink
Great Ending
The story starts off mysteriously. We hear about an X-ray, a girl's experience in school, but we don't hear what made her different.
It's a moving story throughout and a great history and perspective on the freak show.
The ending sealed it for me, though, making it a powerful and universal story.
I scheduled it for my afternoon magazine and am considering running it again for our weekend magazine.