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But he was alive and trapped inside his own body for 10 years. Martin pistorius is a freelance web designer, developer, and author born in 1975, best known for his 2011 book ghost boy, in which he describes living with lockedin syndrome and being unable to move for 12 to 14 years. Dec 08, 2015 in january 1988, martin pistorius, 12, fell inexplicably sick. But he was alive and trapped inside his own body for ten years. Listen to ghost boy by martin pistorius, simon bubb for free with a 30 day free trial. The stress and heartache shook his parents marriage and their family to the core. Get ebooks ghost boy by martin pistorius a 15 minute summary analysis on pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi and audiobook for free.
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