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