The Man Who Loved Clowns

Book by June Rae Wood

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

See also

References

  1. ^ The Man Who Loved Clowns at Fantastic Fiction
  2. ^ June Rae Wood author page at Goodreads
  3. ^ "June Rae Wood's Web Page". Archived from the original on May 9, 2008. Retrieved July 26, 2008.
  4. ^ Turtle on a Fence Post at Fantastic Fiction
  • Selected excerpts from the book


Awards
Preceded by
Shiloh
 Winner of the
William Allen White Children's Book Award
1995 		Succeeded by
The Giver
Preceded by
Shiloh
 Mark Twain Award
1995 		Succeeded by
Ghosts of Mercy Manor