Ghost Boy - Couverture souple

Pistorius, Martin

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ISBN 10 : 0857203339 ISBN 13 : 9780857203335

Editeur : Simon & Schuster Ltd, 2012

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Ghost Boy Compelling, brilliantly written memoir of a young man who emerged from the darkness of being locked into his body after doctors had given up on him

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In January 1988, aged twelve, Martin Pistorius 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 that an unknown degenerative disease had left him with the mind of a baby and he probably had less than two years to live. Martin went on to be cared for at centres for severely disabled children, a shell of the bright, vivacious boy he had once been. What no-one knew is that while Martin's body remained unresponsive his mind slowly woke up, yet he could tell no-one; he was a prisoner inside a broken body.
Then, in 1998, when Martin was twenty-three years old, an aromatherapy masseuse began treating him and sensed some part of him was alert. Experts were dismissive, but his parents persevered and soon realised their son was as intelligent as he'd always been. With no memory of the time before his illness, Martin was a man-child reborn in a world he didn't know. He was still in a wheelchair and unable to speak, but he was brilliantly adept at computer technology. Since then, and against all odds, he has fallen in love, married and set up a design business which he runs from his home in Essex.
Ghost Boy is an incredible, deeply moving story of recovery and the power of love. Through Martin's story we can know what it is like to be here and yet not here - unable to communicate yet feeling and understanding everything. Martin's emergence from his darkness enables us to celebrate the human spirit and is a wake-up call to cherish our own lives.

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Have you ever seen one of those movies where someone wakes up as a ghost but doesn't know they've died? However much I tried, I couldn't make then notice me. I was invisible. The ghost boy.
In January 1988, aged twelve, Martin Pistorius fell inexplicably ill. Within eighteen months he was mute and wheelchair-bound. Doctors were mystified and told his parents an unknown degenerative disease had left their son with the mind of a baby. What nobody knew is that while Martin's body remained unresponsive his mind slowly woke up, yet he could tell no-one. He was a prisoner inside his own body.

It took ten years before a therapist sensed part of Martin was alert and his parents realised their son was as intelligent as ever. With no memories from before his illness, Martin was a man-child reborn in a world he didn't know. He was still in a wheelchair, unable to speak, but he was brilliantly adept at computer technology. Since then, and against all odds, he has fallen in love, married and set up a web design business.
Ghost Boy is a deeply moving account of recovery and the power of love. His extraordinary story acts as a wake-up call to cherish our lives.

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