Where We Going, Daddy?: Life With Two Sons Unlike Any Other by Jean-Louis Fournier

Author:Jean-Louis Fournier
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Parenting, Fathers and sons - France, Parents of children with disabilities - France, Fournier, French, Jean-Louis, Literary, Family & Relationships, Personal Memoirs, Literary Criticism, French - 21st century, Fatherhood, Authors, Biography & Autobiography, French - 20th century, European
ISBN: 9781590513842
Publisher: Other Press
Published: 2010-05-11T04:00:00+00:00

When someone in the street asks me to make a donation for handicapped children I say no.

I don’t dare say I have two handicapped children, they would think I was joking.

With an offhand smile, I allow myself the luxury of saying, “Handicapped children? I’ve got the T-shirt.”

I’ve just invented a bird. I’ve called it Grounded. It’s a rare bird, not like others. It’s afraid of heights. Which is tough luck for a bird. But it keeps its spirits up. Instead of feeling sorry for itself, it jokes about its handicap.

Every time someone asks it to fly, it always finds a funny excuse not to, and makes everyone laugh. It’s got plenty of nerve, too, it makes fun of the birds that can fly, the normal birds.

It’s as if Thomas and Mathieu could make fun of the normal children they see in the street.

Turning the world on its head.

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