Cover story in the July edition of Reader’s Digest in Canada (not yet available online):

Krystal Nausbaum starred in the popular television movie “The Memory Keeper’s Daughter,” and now her mother, Madeleine Greey, has written an essay about her daughter’s adventures in the world of show business.

Krystal, who has Down syndrome, was thrilled to meet actors Emily Watson and Hugh Thompson. Her mother was equally happy that her 19-year-old daughter improved her reading and memorization skills and found a career she loves.

An excerpt:

If anyone had said when my daughter was born that she’d star in a made-for-TV movie, I would’ve laughed the words away. Doctors said she might not learn to walk, let alone get out of diapers or feed herself. But I’ve learned that doctors don’t always know best, that people with Down syndrome generally are able to do more than anyone imagined, and that dreams are worth dreaming.

Just one thing we wish Madeleine had explained: Why did the movie’s director have to put Krystal in that homely wig?

(Reader’s Digest photo)

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