Running in Circles, Eva Yin
Running in Circles, Eva Yin
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Running in Circles
A Memoir

Author: Eva Yin

Narrator: Sarah Mollo-Christensen

Unabridged: 6 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 06/12/2018


Synopsis

Eighteen-year-old Eva Yin is admitted into an ER in the San Francisco Bay Area for a serious blood infection—the souvenir of a missed shot of heroin. Barely recovered and against medical advice, she leaves the hospital for New York City only to end up homeless and face prostitution and violence.

Being a heroin addict is like running in circles. You run and you run and you end up exactly where you started. In the end, Eva finally stops running but only after crossing the span of an entire continent and coming back to the shores of California—she is back to where she started but she isn't the same.

Running in Circles is the unflinching true story of one woman's struggle and recovery from heroin addiction.

Contains mature themes.

About Eva Yin

Eva Yin is a writer, author, and visual artist living in the San Francisco Bay Area.

She is a recovered heroin addict and has been clean for more than seven years. Eva is a practicing Buddhist and has earned two undergraduate degrees in anthropology and art.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Stephen

Interesting book in that it held my attention the whole time. But not a lot of substance or value in terms of insight into understanding addiction or recovery. The authors naivety in general was painfully apparent. The book is basically about the author’s experience of living on the street for 3-4 w......more

Goodreads review by Rita

Good book I can say she a strong girl. She been up and down. But some how she came home. Anyone who has a drug addiction. Read this book. So real.......more

Goodreads review by Ashley

I was intrigued by this book and it was one that I couldn't put down but it just seemed that she repeated parts of the book over and over again and I was looking forward to a bigger resolution than what I got at the end of the book. Don't get me wrong, addiction is hard and it is hard to get over bu......more

Goodreads review by Susan

This book was not great. It was interesting from a perspective of being homeless in NYC, as someone who lived in NYC for 20 years. Otherwise, the story drags and you don’t ever really care about any of the characters. While almost everything takes place with her twin sister, you never learn anything......more