"The truth Brown learns from his severely disabled child is a rare one: The life that seems to destroy you is the one you long to embrace." -- New York Times Book Review

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. 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.

Brown travels the globe, meeting with genetic scientists and neurologists as well as parents, to solve the questions Walker's doctors can't answer. 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. 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.

Honest, intelligent, and deeply moving, The Boy in the Moon explores the value of a single human life.

"Candid... heartwrenching... Much more than a moving journal of life with a disabled child; it is about Brown's quest to understand his son and his son's condition... An absorbing, revealing work of startling frankness." -- Kirkus Reviews

"Unforgettable... Crisp, observant and, occasionally, subversively funny." -- Cleveland Plain Dealer

"Honest and deeply moving." -- Tucson Citizen

"[A] beautiful book, heartfelt and profound, warm and wise." -- Jane Bernstein, author of Loving Rachel and Rachel in the World

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