Redirected from My Left Foot by Christy Brown
Soon Christy discovers that for some strange reason he is able to control his left foot and his toes. At the age of five he shows his family the first sign of intelligence when he reaches out for a piece of chalk and paints the letter “A” on the floor with his left foot and the help of his mother. From this moment on Christy has found a way to express himself because he is not able to speak like a healthy 5-year-old.
Time goes by and painfully he begins to realize that he is different from his family and friends. At this point of his life he discovers his creative and artistic talent: he is devoted to literature, writing and painting, still done with his left foot.
At the age of 18 Christy goes to Lourdes in France where he meets people whose handicap is even worse than his. There he experiences so much energy and hope that for the first time in his life he decides to accept himself as the person he is and do the best out of it. Soon he starts a new treatment for cerebral palsy which leads to an improvement of his speech and physical control.
At the same time Christy makes the first attempt to write his autobiography. What sounds like Charles Dickens in the beginning changes into the moving story of his life, written in an easy but meaningful language and typed with the toe of his left foot.
My Left Foot was also made into a film starring Daniel Day-Lewis as Christy Brown.
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