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June Rae Wood

Born

in Sedalia, Missouri, The United States

September 04, 1946

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June Rae Wood, the author of the famous The Man WHo Loved Clowns , was born in 1946 in Sedalia, Missouri . "My brother Richard was born [in 1948] with Down's syndrome and a heart defect," author June Rae Wood wrote in the Sedalia Democrat in 1995. "The doctor said he wouldn't live, and even if he did, he would never walk or talk. He advised my parents to send Richard to die in an institution, rather than take him home and let the family get attached to him." Wood, the second of what would eventually be eight children, was only two years old when her parents brought Richard, their third child, home from the hospital. Although her parents gave all their children special attention, Richard, whom Wood's mother called her little "Dickey-b ...more

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	The Man Who Loved Clowns 4.51 avg rating — 2,394 ratings — published 1992 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Turtle on a Fence Post 4.28 avg rating — 278 ratings — published 1997 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	When Pigs Fly 4.23 avg rating — 238 ratings — published 1995 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	About Face 4.14 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 1999 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Share of Freedom 4.10 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 1994 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fractured Fiction and other Far-Fetched Fables by Connie Koch, Mary-Nancy Smith (Editor), June Rae Wood (Foreword) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“They both started out with the basic ingredients, but it took a special touch for them to spread their wings and fly.”
― June Rae Wood, The Man Who Loved Clowns

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“Punky had shown me how to make friends, how to be free, and I was going to spread my wings and fly.”
― June Rae Wood, The Man Who Loved Clowns

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“Besides, not having any friends in my new school was a hundred times better than dealing with my burning sense of guilt -- guilt that I loved Punky with all my heart and yet felt ashamed of him for the first time in my life.”
― June Rae Wood, The Man Who Loved Clowns

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