Christie Brown

Christie Brown was born in June 1932 to a family of Irish workers at Rotanda Hospital in Dublin. 

After his birth, doctors determined that the newborn had severe cerebral palsy. This is a neurological condition that causes  spasticity in all limbs. 

 

Despite the medical advice to send the child to a rehab facility, Christie's parents chose not to pay attention and chose to raise the child alone with other children. 

 

When Christie was a teenager, a social worker named Katriona Delahunt learned about her child and began visiting her family on a regular basis, bringing in new books and paints. 

A few years later, Christie showed a keen interest in art and literature. He showed extraordinary dexterity when dealing with paralyzed limbs and learned to write and draw with his left foot. It was in full control of him. Christie soon became a serious artist. 

 

Christie Brown had no formal school education, but she attended part of St. Brendan's School Clinic in Sandy Mount and earned her PhD. She met Robert Corris. Corris also said that Christie was  a novelist. He later decided to use his bond to help him publish the book My Left Foot. The book quickly created a literary sensation. One of the many  who wrote to Christie Brown was a married American woman named Beth Moore. 

 

Christie and Beth began writing to  each other on a regular basis. In 1960, Christie Brown spent his vacation in North America, staying at his home in Bethmoore, Connecticut. When they met again in 1965, they decided to start a company together. Christie Brown returned to Connecticut  to complete the Magnum Opus, which he has been working on for many years. He finished it in 1967 with the help of Beth Moore, who maintained a strict working system and daily schedule. 

 

This book  was published in 1970 under the title "Down All the Days". It is a word dedicated to Beth Moore, "To Beth,  with such a gentle ferocity, I finally completed this book ...". 

 

During this time, Brown's fame continued to spread around the world, and the writer became a celebrity. When Brown returned to Ireland, he had saved enough money to build his own home near Dublin. There he later moved  with his sister's family. 

 

Brown and Beth were planning to get married and live in a new home, but Brown started a relationship with Mary Carr in England around this time-Brown met her in London. Brown then broke all ties with Moore and married Carr in Dublin in 1972. 

 

They moved to Stoney Lane, Rathcoole, Dublin, Ballyheigue, Kerry, and  Somerset. He continued to draw books, poetry and plays. In 1974 he introduced his novel "The Shadow of Summer". It was inspired by his relationship with Moore, who remained a good friend.