Book description
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.
Rupert Isaacson is British but lives with his family in Texas, USA.
He is an ex-professional horse trainer and founding director of the
Indigenous Land Rights Fund, a non-profit organization that helps
threatened and displaced indigenous tribes obtain tenure of their
ancestral land. He is the author of
The Healing Land: A Kalahari Journey
'full of mystery, magic and strange coincidence'. His journalism and
travel writing has appeared in the
Daily Telegraph
,
Esquire
,
National Geographic
,
Independent on Sunday
,
Conde Nast Traveller
,
Daily Mail
and
The Field
.
