This is based on a true story of a woman being taken advantage of by a con man. How she was duped into believing his lies and helped him through his prison sentence only to be disappointed when he was released and returned to his old habits.
Sharon L. Snyder is a professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago and a leading scholar in Disability Studies, coauthoring Narrative Prosthesis and coediting key works including The Body and Physical Difference and The Encyclopedia of Disability.