“A father's candid, heart-wrenching account of raising, loving and trying to connect with and gain insight into his severely disabled son Much more than a moving journal of life with a disabled child; it is about Brown's quest to understand his son and his son's condition An absorbing, Cited by: 7. Throughout the book, Brown’s prose is honest, self-critical, poetic, and moving. While offering a broader philosophical critique of society’s conception of disabled people, The Boy in the Moon is ultimately a painful yet joyous account of an evolving relationship of mutual love and dependency. As he lets go of the notion of his boy as “unfixable,” Brown is able to calm his own self-doubt and accept Walker Estimated Reading Time: 2 mins. In this book Ian Brown covers so many areas: the genetics of his son's illness, the resourses for those with disabilities, the anguish, despair and exhaustion at times of taking care of his son and yet the beauty of Walker's life, even in a society might see his son as less than perfect. Ian is the best advocate one could have for the disabled/5(53).
Find many great new used options and get the best deals for Boy in Moon a Father's Search for His Disabled Son by Ian Brown MINT at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products! The Boy in the Moon: A Father's Search for His Disabled Son - Kindle edition by Brown, Ian. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Boy in the Moon: A Father's Search for His Disabled Son. The Boy in the Moon: A Father's Search for His Disabled Son. The Boy in the Moon.: Ian Brown. Random House of Canada, May 4, - Brown, Walker - pages. 14 Reviews. Walker Brown was born with a genetic mutation so rare that doctors call it an orphan syndrome: perhaps people around the world also live with it.
Seven years after the publication of his award-winning memoir, we spoke with writer Ian Brown about the lessons he continues to learn from his disabled son. When Ian Brown wrote his memoir, The Boy in the Moon: A Father’s Search for His Disabled Son, his son Walker could not speak or eat solid food. At the age of 12, he weighed only 54 pounds, was in need of diapers and had to wear cuffs on his arms to prevent him from harming himself. “A father's candid, heart-wrenching account of raising, loving and trying to connect with and gain insight into his severely disabled son Much more than a moving journal of life with a disabled child; it is about Brown's quest to understand his son and his son's condition An absorbing, revealing work of startling frankness.”. The Boy in the Moon: A Father's Search for His Disabled Son. The Boy in the Moon.: Ian Brown. Random House of Canada, May 4, - Brown, Walker - pages. 14 Reviews. Walker Brown was born.
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