My Left Foot

Christy Brown

• 9780749301019

Samenvatting:

The warm, humorous and true story of Christy Brown's supreme courage and triumph over the severest of handicaps.

Christy Brown was born a victim of crebral palsy. But the helpless, lolling baby concealed the brilliantly imaginative and sensitive mind of a writer who would take his place among the giants of Irish literature.

This is Christy Brown's own story. He recounts his childhood struggle to learn to read, write, paint and finally type, with the toe of his left foot. In this manner he wrote his bestseller "Down All the Days".

My Left Foot is now a major and critically acclaimed film starring Daniel Day Lewis as Christy Brown.