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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Publication date
August 25, 2015
Pages
322
Binding
Paperback
Edition
Reprint
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9781476734873
ISBN-10
1476734879
Dimensions
1 by 5.50 by 8.25 in.
Weight
0.70 lbs.
Original list price
$15.99
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Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Hailed as a âclear-eyed book written with poetry and compassionâ by The Boston Globe, Let the Tornado Come is the âlyrical debut memoirâ (Kirkus Reviews) of a runaway child, the woman she became, and the horse that set her free.
When Rita Zoey Chin was eleven years old, she began running away from home. Her parentsâ violence and neglect drove her onto the streets in search of a better life, but what she found instead was a dangerous world of drugs and predatory menâas well as the occasional kindness of strangers. As she hits bottom and then learns to forge a new life for herself, all of her dreams of freedom and beauty pivot on a single, precious memory: a herd of horses running along a roadside fence.
A few years later, Ritaânow a prizewinning poet and wife of a successful neurosurgeonâappears to have triumphed over her harrowing childhood, until she is struck with a series of debilitating panic attacks that threaten her comfortable new life. Ultimately, it is the memory of those hoofbeats, and the chance arrival of a spirited, endearing horse named Claret who has a difficult history himself, that will finally save her.
âA near euphoric ode to the human spiritâ (Huffington Post), Let the Tornado Come is about pulling yourself up out of the dark and discovering that the greatest escape lies not in running from, but turning towards, those things that frighten you the most; it is âluminousâ¦A haunting yet hopeful saga that shows how trauma and fear can transform themselves into enduring strengthâ (Publishers Weekly).
When Rita Zoey Chin was eleven years old, she began running away from home. Her parentsâ violence and neglect drove her onto the streets in search of a better life, but what she found instead was a dangerous world of drugs and predatory menâas well as the occasional kindness of strangers. As she hits bottom and then learns to forge a new life for herself, all of her dreams of freedom and beauty pivot on a single, precious memory: a herd of horses running along a roadside fence.
A few years later, Ritaânow a prizewinning poet and wife of a successful neurosurgeonâappears to have triumphed over her harrowing childhood, until she is struck with a series of debilitating panic attacks that threaten her comfortable new life. Ultimately, it is the memory of those hoofbeats, and the chance arrival of a spirited, endearing horse named Claret who has a difficult history himself, that will finally save her.
âA near euphoric ode to the human spiritâ (Huffington Post), Let the Tornado Come is about pulling yourself up out of the dark and discovering that the greatest escape lies not in running from, but turning towards, those things that frighten you the most; it is âluminousâ¦A haunting yet hopeful saga that shows how trauma and fear can transform themselves into enduring strengthâ (Publishers Weekly).
Editions
Hardcover
from Simon & Schuster (June 24, 2014)
9781476734866 | details & prices | 322 pages | 6.50 × 9.50 × 1.25 in. | 1.18 lbs | List price $25.00
With John Keown |
from Cambridge Univ Pr (November 1, 1988); titled "Abortion, Doctors and the Law: Some Aspects of the Legal Regulation of Abortion in England from 1803 to 1982"
9780521345743 | details & prices | 6.50 × 9.50 × 0.75 in. | 1.00 lbs | List price $72.99
This edition also contains Abortion, Doctors and the Law: Some Aspects of the Legal Regulation of Abortion in England from 1803 to 1982
About: Ranging from the beginning of the nineteenth century to the 1980s, this book focuses on the evolution of the law and medical practice of abortion in England.
This edition also contains Abortion, Doctors and the Law: Some Aspects of the Legal Regulation of Abortion in England from 1803 to 1982
About: Ranging from the beginning of the nineteenth century to the 1980s, this book focuses on the evolution of the law and medical practice of abortion in England.
Paperback
The price comparison is for this edition
Reprint edition from Simon & Schuster (August 25, 2015)
9781476734873 | details & prices | 322 pages | 5.50 × 8.25 × 1.00 in. | 0.70 lbs | List price $15.99
About: Hailed as a âclear-eyed book written with poetry and compassionâ by The Boston Globe, Let the Tornado Come is the âlyrical debut memoirâ (Kirkus Reviews) of a runaway child, the woman she became, and the horse that set her free.
About: Hailed as a âclear-eyed book written with poetry and compassionâ by The Boston Globe, Let the Tornado Come is the âlyrical debut memoirâ (Kirkus Reviews) of a runaway child, the woman she became, and the horse that set her free.
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