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When their son Rowan was born, Rupert and Kristin's dream had come true. But the dream became a nightmare when their beautiful boy developed a disorder that left him incapable of communication, tormented by raging fits, requiring 24-hour care - and shattering their lives.Then, one day, father and son were walking in the woods near their house and stumbled across their neighbour's old brown horse, Betsy. What happened next was unlike anything Rupert had ever seen. Certainly, the effect on Betsy was extraordinary: she went stock-still and bowed her head, wide-eyed and quivering before the child. But when Rupert lifted Rowan onto Betsy's back, the effect on his son was nothing short of miraculous: Rowan started to speak...Shaken but exhilarated, Rupert proposed that the family make a journey to the ancient homeland of the horse, deep in the wilds of Mongolia, where he'd heard astonishing stories of healing and transformation. So began an epic journey on horseback, from their home in Texas to the furthest reaches of the planet - a journey that would test their love, challenge their beliefs, and change their lives.
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Horses, Parents of autistic children, Autism in children, Fathers and sons, Family & Relationships, Autistic children, Case studies, Nonfiction, Biography & Autobiography, Family relationships, Therapeutic use, Human-animal relationships, Biography, Treatment, Texas, biography, Parents of children with disabilities, Large type books, nyt:e-book-nonfiction=2011-04-24, New York Times bestseller, Autism, Austin (tex.), Family life, Enfants autistes, Biographies, Parents d'enfants autistes, Autisme infantile, Études de cas, Traitement, Équitation, Emploi en thérapeutique, Relations homme-animal, Relations familiales, Pères et fils, Autistic Disorder, TherapyPeople
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The horse boy: a father's miraculous journey to heal his son
2010, Viking, Penguin Books
in English
0141033630 9780141033631
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The horse boy: a father's story
2009, Little, Brown and Co.
in English
- 1st ed.
0316008230 9780316008235
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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.
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