The Horse Boy, by Rupert Isaacson; Little, Brown & Company Publishing, 2009 Reviewed by Tyler Buckham
Rupert Isaacson's The Horse Boy is the story of a father who takes his wife--a psychology professor--and young son on a quest to Mongolia, in hopes of healing his son's autism. Their real journey through Mongolia is full of intense challenges, and amazing rewards. Their last-ditch effort against the child's autism leads the parents to shamans, and the somewhat unorthodox therapy found in the repetitive rocking from horseback riding. I also enjoyed Changes, by Jim Butcher, a delicious, fast-paced blend of humor, horror, action and emotion. The stakes are always high, the plot twists surprising, and the language is a delight. Tana French's Faithful Place is a very well-written novel about an Irish undercover policeman who visits the dysfunctional family he had left 22 years earlier. Tensions run high as he tries to find answers to an unsolved death.
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