A Private Matter (1992)

Directors

Joan Micklin Silver

Cast

Aidan Quinn, Estelle Parsons, Sissy Spacek, William H. Macy

The story

In 1962, Sherri Finkbine is a married mother of four who hosts the local children's television show Romper Room. She is expecting her fifth child with her husband Bob, a high school teacher. To help her sleep at night, Sherri takes the sedative thalidomide, which was then commonly given to pregnant women in order to alleviate symptoms like morning sickness.

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