The Man Who Loved Clowns Explained

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

• 1995 Mark Twain Award in Missouri
• 1995 William Allen White Award in Kansas

See also

• A Corner of the Universe by Ann M. Martin, a novel with a similar theme

External links

• Selected excerpts from the book

Notes and References

1. http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/w/june-rae-wood/man-who-loved-clowns.htm The Man Who Loved Clowns at Fantastic Fiction
2. https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/22961.June_Rae_Wood June Rae Wood author page at Goodreads
3. Web site: June Rae Wood's Web Page. July 26, 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080509164209/http://mowrites4kids.drury.edu/authors/wood/ . May 9, 2008 .
4. http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/w/june-rae-wood/turtle-on-a-fence-post.htm Turtle on a Fence Post at Fantastic Fiction