The Horse Boy: A Father's Quest to Heal His Son. A Review
The Horse Boy: A Father's Quest to Heal His Son / Rupert Isaacson (Hachette Audio
, 2009) Unabridged on 9 CDs, read by the author. ISBN 9781600245428
The Horse Boy tells the story Rupert Isaacson, his wife Kristin, and their autistic son Rowan. Rupert, a travel writer, and Kristen, a professor of psychology at the University of Austin, discovered that Rowan was autistic when he was two years old. They made the usual rounds of treatment options, but they often despaired of ever being able to communicate with him, or even get him potty trained.
Rowan was calmest outdoors and loved animals. One day, Rupert, a skilled horse trainer, noticed that his neighbor's lead mare dipping her head submissively toward Rowan. The neighbor agreed to allow Rowan to ride the horse whenever he wanted. Father and son rode that horse almost daily. Rupert noticed that Rowan seemed to make progress when he was with the horse, and conceived idea that even he thought was crazy. He took Kristin and Rowan to Mongolia to ride horses there and visit shamans to see if Eastern healing practices could succeed where the best Western ideas had not.
Being a published author of both travel books and articles, Rupert wrote a book proposal for The Horse Boy and received a substantial advance and a film crew. In Mongolia, the Isaacsons found themselves submitting to practices that seem very strange to the Western mind. There is no "cure" for autism, but between the sensory stimulation provided by the horses and the Mongolians' acceptance of Rowan's poor social development, Rowan made considerable progress.
The Horse Boy therefore weaves together the sights, sounds, and smells of an exotic land, the contrast of two cultures regarding spirituality and healing, the story of parents' love for a special needs child, and a heartfelt plea for our society to become more accepting of people whose brains work differently.
The audio version of The Horse Boy benefits from the fact that Rupert Isaacson himself reads it. He is able to imitate the sound of Rowan's voice without seeming to mock it, as another reader might. All of his love, his fear, his uncertainty, and ultimately his optimism can be heard in is voice as well as his words. All-Purpose Guru Alert exists to bring you carefully selected books like The Horse Boy at bargain prices. It features one title a day, but past offers are still available as long as supplies last.
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The Horse Boy: A Father's Quest to Heal His Son. A Review