When everything
changes.
Daniel Connor is a young boy trying to find his place in the world. A diagnosis of Friedreich’s Ataxia, a rare progressive condition, changes the shape of his everyday life.
THE AUTHOR ↗Fiction. Feeling. The art of being human.
LIFE BEYOND THE PAGETAKE THE STORY WITH YOUFIND YOURPersonal experience.
Fictional worlds.
Something deeply human.
Some stories are written.
Others are lived.
Neither does
her story.
FROM ERRHYN’S PERSONAL ARCHIVEWriting has been a constant in Errhyn Aim’s life since childhood. A way to express the things that are difficult to say. A place to make sense of experiences. A means of reaching someone else.
Her own health challenges shaped an unconventional path through education and life. They also shaped the emotional world of her writing: the uncertainty, determination, and relationships that make us who we are.
In her fiction, lived experience becomes a starting point for something shared. Characters such as Daniel Connor invite readers to look closely at a life, and to recognise something of their own.
One young life.
A world of feeling.
ERRHYN AIMDaniel Connor is a young boy trying to find his place in the world. A diagnosis of Friedreich’s Ataxia, a rare progressive condition, changes the shape of his everyday life.
Through Daniel’s journals, we enter the world of a family learning to navigate uncertainty together. Relationships take on new meaning. Ordinary moments carry extraordinary weight.
At its heart, this is a story of identity and connection. Of discovering inner strength, and of the human being behind the challenges he faces.
Bring Daniel’s story home ↗The realness of Daniel’s voice was captivating, and his reflections on life and courage were very heartwarming.
STACEY CUNNINGHAM
I Was Daniel Connor
by Errhyn Aim
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