I looked down at my hands twisting and twisting. With his siblings heading further afield to play, and left alone for the first time, the author was particularly troubled by his own appearance: The story is often harrowing, however.Īwareness of his own disability at ten devastated Brown, triggered when his only mode of transport, a cart, gave up the ghost. Ultimately, this autobiographical work documents the writer’s discovery of artistic and literary talent, made possible by a growing dexterity and determination to communicate with the outside world. That Dublin childhood and the years of memories that were to follow – some sweet, many haunted by awful disparities – became My Left Foot. Shunning the advice of doctors, they opted to raise their son with his siblings at the family home.ĭespite only having control of his left foot, Brown learned to interact with the world around him, supported by family to the extent that he was unaware of his differences to other children for the first ten years of his life. Born with severe Cerebral Palsy, Brown was spared a life in convalescent hospitals by his parents, incredulous at the suggestion of anything other than personal care. The story of Christy Brown is as inspirational as it is curious. It was the basis of the Oscar winning film with the same title, starring Daniel Day-Lewis as the author. Presentation copies of this astonishing author’s books are far from common, especially of this title indeed this is the first such copy we have seen. In addition, there are 31 other signatures on the half-title and rear free endpaper. First edition, first impression, presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Ismay Phipps, Christy Brown 30/5 ’56″, and with Phipps’s bookplate to front pastedown also inscribed by the author’s mother on the same page, “Bridget Brown, best of luck”.
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