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7 Ian Brown
Ian Brown is an award-winning journalist, broadcaster and writer. He is
also the father of Walker Brown, a 13-year-old boy who was born with an
extremely rare ten-syllable genetic mutation commonly known as CFC. Walker’s
peer group may consist of as few as 300 similarly afflicted people
worldwide. He cannot speak and is fed through a tube in his stomach. He
must wear a helmet and arm padding to prevent self-inflicted injuries. The
Boy In the Moon: A Father’s Search For His Disabled Son (Random
House Canada) is an unflinchingly candid account of how Brown’s life and
the lives of his wife and daughter have changed since Walker’s birth.
Simply having the time and opportunity to sit and read a newspaper is a
coveted luxury. The book, winner of both the BC National Award for
Canadian Non-Fiction and the Charles Taylor Prize for Literary
Non-Fiction, is the result of a father’s need to understand and justify
his damaged son’s life, and to see life through his son’s eyes.
Photo: John Barber
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