{"product_id":"let-the-tornado-come-a-memoir-9781476734873","title":"Let the Tornado Come: A Memoir","description":"\u003cb\u003eHailed as a \"clear-eyed book written with poetry and compassion\" by \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLet the Tornado Come \u003c\/i\u003eis the \"lyrical debut memoir\" (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e) of a runaway child, the woman she became, and the horse that set her free.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Rita Zoey Chin was eleven years old, she began running away from home. Her parents' 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 men--as 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA few years later, Rita--now a prizewinning poet and wife of a successful neurosurgeon--appears 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A near euphoric ode to the human spirit\" (\u003ci\u003eHuffington Post\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003eLet the Tornado Come\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \"luminous...A haunting yet hopeful saga that shows how trauma and fear can transform themselves into enduring strength\" (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChin, Rita Zoey:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Rita Zoey Chin's writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eTin House\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Guernica\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Rumpus\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Freerange Nonfiction\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. She received her MFA from the University of Maryland and now lives in Boston, where she teaches at Grub Street, mentors teenage girls, and rides her mischievous horse.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50515341082898,"sku":"9781476734873","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ed65cad1-00ce-4603-9b84-6e41b09b499e.jpg?v=1731003194","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/let-the-tornado-come-a-memoir-9781476734873","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}