Book description
Entertaining, sad, funny, thought-provoking, this is a novel based on
the life of an exceptional man, who happened to be intellectually
handicapped. Inspired by the life of the author's intellectually
handicapped brother, Ronald Downes, this novel is written in Ronnie's
voice as he talks about important things. It's also about him needing
all the looking after he can be getting, as we travel with this innocent
abroad through an increasingly complex special school, from where
eventually - having learnt about indee-pend-dancing - our hero
graduates. He spends his middle years adapting to life with Mother, and
then takes a further journey, this time twelve years living with 'Sissy'
and her family. Writer Val Bird is the author of one adult novel and
four novels for children: the Ozzie Kingsford series.
