Wow. The final part of the The Boy in the Moon is up, and once again Ian Brown sums it up with grace. This time he touches on the future for his boy, and frankly, maybe our boy too. Get out the Kleenex, but read it.
I’ve been wondering about Jon’s adulthood for his entire life; Laura has too. We’ve never discussed it directly, but have occasionally touched—just grazingly—on it. When I’ve alluded to it in converstation with friends and colleagues, without fully broaching the topic, there’s often a knee-jerk response: “Every parents worries about their kid.” I don’t know how to respond. Is this an attempt to soothe my fears, or do they genuinely not understand the situation? Or not want to, perhaps.
Brown even touches on the Latimer case with very similar thoughts to ours—so much of the analysis I’ve seen over the years strips the case of the context, and the context is the key.
A superb series. Thanks for this, Ian. Give Walker a hug for us.