Eye Can Write: A memoir of a child's silent soul emerging

Hardback Published on: 12/07/2018
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Synopsis

Can you imagine not being able to speak or communicate?

The silence, the loneliness, the pain. But, inside you disappear to magical places, and even meet your best friend there. However, most of the time you remain imprisoned within the isolation. Waiting, longing, hoping. Until someone realises your potential and discovers your key, so your unlocking can begin.

Now you are free, flying like a wild bird in the open sky. A voice for the voiceless.

Jonathan Bryan has severe cerebral palsy, a condition that makes him incapable of voluntary movement or speech. He was locked inside his own mind, aware of the outside world but unable to fully communicate with it until he found a way by using his eyes to laboriously choose individual letters, and through this make his thoughts known.

In Eye can Write, we read of his intense passion for life, his mischievous sense of fun, his hopes, his fears and what it's like to be him. This is a powerful book from an incredible young writer whose writing ability defies age or physical disability - a truly inspirational figure.

Foreword by Sir Michael Morpurgo A portion of the proceeds from the sale of this book will be donated to Jonathan Bryan's charity, Teach Us Too. http://www.teachustoo.org.uk/

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Bonnier Books Ltd
  • ISBN: 9781911600787
  • Number of pages: 192
  • Dimensions: 225 x 145 x 21 mm
  • Weight: 318g
  • Languages: English

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Eye Can Write
Inspirational!
Somehow or other my copy came through before the official launch of this book, so I have already had the pleasure of reading it. It is an honest, heartbrea... READ MORE
Linda Sullivan
Eye Can Write
A new look at disability
This book tells a stunning story of bravery, battles and brilliance. It is a very powerful story, of a young boy locked within a disabled body and how, wit... READ MORE
Penelope Swithinbank