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Nell is raised in the remote backwoods of North Carolina, never having met anyone except her mother. When her mother finally dies, Nell must confront the outside world. Since her mother's speech was distorted by a stroke, Nell has never heard real English spoken and has developed her own unintelligible language. Nice country doctor Jerome Lovell wants to help Nell adjust in her own protected surroundings, while psychology student Paula Olsen and her heartless boss Alexander Paley want to study this rare 'wild child' in their laboratory. But how long can Nell's world remain isolated?
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