[close] The boy who fell to earth is the story of a young boy who early on observed human cruelty and injustice. He could not reconcile a world of suffering with a God who was supposed to be powerful and loving. And then God visited him. He did not receive all the answers to his questions, but he had met the One who would accompany him over the years until wisdom blossomed into understanding.

Beginning with a near homicide, and a crisis of faith at age seven when he was faced with a commitment to the fires of martyrdom, his journey carries him to a racist incident in California, adventures in an Inuit settlement in Arctic Canada, life with his brother as the only white boys in a government residential school for Indians and Inuit, and his adolescent struggles with alcohol, religion and girls. On his search for the meaning of life he meets many characters, some cruel, some kind. In his adult years he enters deep darkness and personal desolation. When he is nearly destroyed he again hears God's call, and responds. His journey becomes one of healing and restoration. He is now broken and humbled, and out of his brokenness a new life emerges.

This book moves quickly, is filled with passion, sorrow and humor, but above all it is a book of hope. The main character is fully human, and very honest about his failings. His life is a journey of discovery where he learns that with God nothing is impossible, and in the end he understands how there can be a God in a world of suffering, and what God requires of him. [close]