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Ghost Boy
Martin Pistorius
- 288 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
Ghost Boy
Martin Pistorius
About This Book
When you lose your voice, who will speak for you? When it all seems hopeless, how do you get through each day? In the New York Times bestseller Ghost Boy, Martin Pistorius tells the harrowing story of his return to life through the healing power of love and faith.
In January 1988, a happy, healthy twelve-year-old Martin Pistorius came home from school with a sore throat. Soon, he was sleeping all day, refusing meals, and starting to lose his voice.
His doctors were mystified. Within eighteen months, his voice fell silent and his developing mind became trapped inside a body he couldn't control. Martin's parents were told that the unknown degenerative disease he was struggling with would mean that he had less than two years to live. He felt invisible--like a ghost of himself.
The stress and heartache shook his family to the core, bringing his parents to the brink of separation. Their boy was gone--or so they thought. Martin started to come back to life. He couldn't make a sign or a sound, but he'd become aware of the world around him again and was finally finding his way back to himself.
In these pages, you'll hear the highs and lows of Martin's journey from his own perspective, including:
- A family's resilience in the face of hardship
- The consequences of misdiagnosis
- The gift of a wild imagination
Ghost Boy shares the beautiful, heart-wrenching story of a life reclaimed, a business created, a family transformed, and a new love that's blossomed. Martin's emergence from his own darkness invites us to celebrate our own lives and fight for a better life for those around us.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Prologue
- 1. Counting Time
- 2. The Deep
- 3. Coming Up for Air
- 4. The Box
- 5. Virna
- 6. Awakening
- 7. My Parents
- 8. Changes
- 9. The Beginning and the End
- 10. Day By Day
- 11. The Wretch
- 12. Life and Death
- 13. My Mother
- 14. Other Worlds
- 15. Fried Egg
- 16. I Tell a Secret
- 17. The Bite
- 18. The Furies
- 19. Peacock Feathers
- 20. Daring to Dream
- 21. Secrets
- 22. Out of the Cocoon
- 23. An Offer I Canât Refuse
- 24. A Leap Forward
- 25. Standing In the Sea
- 26. She Returns
- 27. The Party
- 28. Henk and Arrietta
- 29. The Healer
- 30. Escaping the Cage
- 31. The Speech
- 32. A New World
- 33. The Laptop
- 34. The Counselor
- 35. Memories
- 36. Lurking In Plain Sight
- 37. Fantasies
- 38. A New Friend
- 39. Will He Ever Learn?
- 40. GD and Mimi
- 41. Loving Life and Living Love
- 42. Worlds Collide
- 43. Strangers
- 44. Everything Changes
- 45. Meeting Mickey?
- 46. The Real Me
- 47. A Lionâs Heart
- 48. I Tell Her
- 49. Sugar and Salt
- 50. Falling
- 51. Climbing
- 52. The Ticket
- 53. Coming Home
- 54. Together
- 55. I Canât Choose
- 56. Fred and Ginger
- 57. Leaving
- 58. A Fork In the Road
- 59. Confessions
- 60. Up, Up, and Away
- 61. Saying Goodbye
- 62. Letting Go
- 63. A New Life
- 64. Waiting
- Acknowledgments