A journey toward healing
by Maxine
Rupert Isaacson's book, The Horse Boy is a moving and riveting account of his family's journey to Mongolia in hopes of healing his son, Rowan, who is autistic. Isaacson, who learned riding as a boy in England, discovers, after many kinds of treatments for his son, that Rowan has a natural affinity for horses when he takes him riding on a neighbor's horse. It takes some time to convince his wife to take what becomes a sometimes harrowing but ultimately successful journey to Mongolia where they entrust Rowan to the original horse people and their shamans. Isaacson conveys the rugged beauty of the landscape and the people who in their wisdom and belief in sacred rituals, bring both Rowan and his parents back from despair to hope.
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