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Ghost Boy

The Miraculous Escape of a Misdiagnosed Boy Trapped Inside His Own Body

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Ghost Boy

By: Martin Pistorius
Narrated by: Simon Bubb
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Martin Pistorius's miraculous journey back from life on the brink will inspire you to celebrate life and fight for those around you.

When you lose your voice, who will speak for you? When it all seems hopeless, how do you get through each day? In the New York Times bestseller Ghost Boy, Martin Pistorius tells the harrowing story of his return to life through the healing power of love and faith.

In January 1988, a happy, healthy twelve-year-old Martin Pistorius came home from school with a sore throat. Soon, he was sleeping all day, refusing meals, and starting to lose his voice.

His doctors were mystified. Within eighteen months, his voice fell silent and his developing mind became trapped inside a body he couldn't control. Martin's parents were told that the unknown degenerative disease he was struggling with would mean that he had less than two years to live. He felt invisible--like a ghost of himself.

The stress and heartache shook his family to the core, bringing his parents to the brink of separation. Their boy was gone--or so they thought. Martin started to come back to life. He couldn't make a sign or a sound, but he'd become aware of the world around him again and was finally finding his way back to himself.

In these pages, you'll hear the highs and lows of Martin's journey from his own perspective, including:

  • A family's resilience in the face of hardship
  • The consequences of misdiagnosis
  • The gift of a wild imagination

Ghost Boy shares the beautiful, heart-wrenching story of a life reclaimed, a business created, a family transformed, and a new love that's blossomed. Martin's emergence from his own darkness invites us to celebrate our own lives and fight for a better life for those around us.

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Brilliant true story. Thoroughly enjoyed this book and couldn't stop listening! Would definitely recommend to all.

Amazing

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So pleased I listened to this book, what a truly amazing and inspirational man, had me gripped all the way through and felt very emotional as his life came together by the end of the book. Truly wonderful, would love to meet this amazingly wonderful man and give him a hug

Well and truly amazing man

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An incredible true story of pure determination, sadness, happiness and love!

Thankyou Martin for sharing your personal life & making us aware of the strength you showed of becoming a man, lover, friend and special son, from the depths of despair from the Ghost Boy x

Overwhelming!

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Highly recommend! A very moving and inspiring audiobook that you wouldn’t want to stop listing to. How Martin coped with such events in his life is extraordinary. It makes you grateful for the small things in life.

Superb

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Moving, terrifying, enlightening, educational, anger indusing, thought provoking, sad and happy, all the emotions under the sun provoking, memorable - I feel honoured and humbled to read it. Thank you Martin for sharing your story.

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