The Horse Boy A Memoir of Healing

by Isaacson, Rupert

• ISBN13: 9780316008242
• ISBN10: 0316008249
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-04-02
• Publisher: Back Bay Books

Summary

When his son Rowan was diagnosed with autism, Rupert Isaacson was devastated, afraid he might never be able to communicate with his child. But when Isaacson, a lifelong horseman, rode their neighbor's horse with Rowan, Rowan improved immeasurably. He was struck with a crazy idea: why not take Rowan to Mongolia, the one place in the world where horses and shamanic healing intersected? The Horse Boy is the dramatic and heartwarming story of that impossible adventure. In Mongolia, the family found undreamed of landscapes and people, unbearable setbacks, and advances beyond their wildest dreams. This is a deeply moving, truly one-of-a-kind story--of a family willing to go to the ends of the earth to help their son, and of a boy learning to connect with the world for the first time.

Author Biography

Rupert Isaacson was born in London to a South African mother and a Zimbabwean father.-áIsaacson's first book, The Healing Land (Grove Press), was a-á2004 New York Times Notable Book.-áHe has travelled extensively in Africa, Asia, and North America for the British press and now lives in Austin, Texas, with his wife, Kristin, and their son, Rowan.

Table of Contents

Prologue	p. 3
The Seven-Year Child	p. 7
Into the Inferno	p. 16
The Horse Boy	p. 35
A Time for Dreams	p. 50
The Adventure Begins	p. 67
Lords of the Mountains, Lords of the Rivers	p. 82
Mongolian Brother	p. 97
West with the Rain	p. 113
Fits and Starts	p. 131
A Father's Mistake	p. 150
Rowan I, Fear o	p. 160
The Van Boy	p. 175
Repairing the Wind Horse	p. 193
The Heaven Horse Lake	p. 207
Guinea Pigs of Moron	p. 221
Into Siberia	p. 235
The White Ibex	p. 251
Farther Up and Farther In	p. 262
The Ghoste at the Top of the Mountain	p. 276
A Hawk in the House	p. 285
Interview with a Shaman	p. 301
Miracle at the River	p. 316
Four Minutes and Fifty-two Seconds	p. 329
Epilogue	p. 343
Acknowledgments	p. 352
Reading Group Guide	p. 358
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