They all thought he was gone. But he was alive and trapped inside his
own body for ten years.
In January 1988, Martin Pistorius, aged twelve, fell inexplicably sick.
First he lost his voice and stopped eating. Then he slept constantly and
shunned human contact. Doctors were mystified. Within eighteen months he
was mute and wheelchair-bound. Martin's parents were told an unknown
degenerative disease left him with the mind of a baby and less than two
years to live.
Martin was moved to care centers for severely disabled children. The
stress and heartache shook his parents' marriage and their family to the
core. Their boy was gone. Or so they thought.
Ghost Boy is the heart-wrenching story of one boy's return to life
through the power of love and faith. In this audiobook, listeners hear
of a parent's resilience, the consequences of misdiagnosis, abuse at the
hands of cruel caretakers, and the unthinkable duration of Martin's
mental alertness betrayed by his lifeless body.
We also see a life reclaimed--a business created, a new love
kindled--all from a wheelchair. Martin's emergence from his own darkness
invites us to celebrate our own lives and fight for a better life for
others.
