Wayland Author Rita Zoey Chin On The Harrowing Story Of Her Own Life

Author Rita Zoey Chin with her horse Claret. (Photo credit: C.E. Courtney) Source: WBUR
Author Rita Zoey Chin with her horse Claret. (Photo credit: C.E. Courtney) Source: WBUR

WBUR’s Radio Boston 7/8/14: Wayland Author Rita Zoey Chin On The Harrowing Story Of Her Own Life. Rita Zoey Chin started running away from home at 11, avoiding her father who beat her and her mother who rejected her. As a teenager living on the streets of Maryland and DC, she found a dangerous world of prostitution and illegal drug use. Fast forward to her more recent past, and she’s a college graduate, married to a successful Boston Medical Center neurosurgeon and living in the wooded Boston suburb of Wayland. After years of running, it’s there that her past catches up to her and Rita becomes overwhelmed by crippling panic attacks, unable to walk up stairs, leave the house or buy groceries. She tells the story of how she managed to kick the panic attacks.

Book Review in the Boston Globe online here.

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