Hambleton captures that story, portrayed by Daniel Day-Lewis in the Oscar-winning film My Left Foot, beautifully. Two bestselling books later and Christy had proved all the doctors wrong. Bridget spent hours helping him learn to read and write in a time when education for the disabled was simply not an option. In the end, it was his left foot, the only part of his body that he could control, that unlocked Christy's potential. It was a crippling disability that meant, though 'his body was almost useless, his mind was perfect'. In this powerful biography, Georgina Louise Hambleton paints a wonderful image of a mother's unswerving devotion.Ĭhristy was born in 1932 with cerebral palsy after suffering partial suffocation during birth. This might be the story of Christy's life, but it is also a tribute to Bridget, a woman whose determination, love and dogged refusal to send her son to a home allowed him to flourish as a writer, poet and painter against all the odds. It was August 1968 and the poem was a dedication to his mother, Bridget, whose recent death had plunged Christy 'into the worst depression he would ever suffer'.
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