The Man Who Loved Clowns is a 1992 novel by June Rae Wood about coping with mental disability in the family.[1] The story is based on Wood's personal experience of life with her brother Richard who himself had Down Syndrome.[2][3] Wood also wrote a sequel, entitled Turtle on a Fence Post, set one year later.[4]
Awards edit
- 1995 Mark Twain Award in Missouri
- 1995 William Allen White Award in Kansas
See also edit
- A Corner of the Universe by Ann M. Martin, a novel with a similar theme
References edit
- ^ The Man Who Loved Clowns at Fantastic Fiction
- ^ June Rae Wood author page at Goodreads
- ^ "June Rae Wood's Web Page". Archived from the original on May 9, 2008. Retrieved July 26, 2008.
- ^ Turtle on a Fence Post at Fantastic Fiction
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