`Moon flower' ALS patient wins Flora Expo literature contest

A woman suffering from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) won first prize Sunday in a literature competition held by the Taipei International Flora Exposition, for describing her life as the short-lived but glamorous night-blooming cereus, or moon flower. 

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