![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Honest, intelligent, and deeply moving, The Boy in the Moon explores the value of a single human life. As Brown gradually lets go of his self-blame and hope for a cure, he learns to accept the Walker he loves, just as he is. In his journey, he offers an insightful critique of society’s assumptions about the disabled, and he discovers a connected community of families living with this illness. Brown travels the globe, meeting with genetic scientists and neurologists as well as parents, to solve the questions Walker’s doctors can’t answer. ![]() At age thirteen, he is mentally and developmentally between one and three years old and will need constant care for the rest of his life. The Boy in the Moon, a book-length version of Browns series of Globe and Mail features dealing with his son Walkers rare genetic disorder, Cardiofaciocutaneous Syndrome (CFC), was published in the fall of 2009. Ian Brown’s son Walker is one of only about 300 people worldwide diagnosed with cardiofaciocutaneous (CFC) syndrome-an extremely rare genetic mutation that results in unusual facial appearance, the inability to speak, and a compulsion to hit himself constantly. He is an occasional contributor to the American public radio program This American Life. “n intimate glimpse into the life of a family that cares around the clock for a disabled child, that gets so close to the love and despair, and the complex questions the life of such a child raises.It is a beautiful book, heartfelt and profound, warm and wise.” -Jane Bernstein, author of Loving Rachel and Rachel in the World The Boy in the Moon A Fathers Search for His Disabled Son Author Ian Brown. ![]()
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