Silent Screams from the Hamptons

Suppressed rage, fear, injustice, and passion-the silent screams associated with the Disease of The Family of Origin. Christa Ryan takes readers on a roller coaster ride, offering them many places to find their own identities. She sorts through her past, showing how one episode after another contributed to the chaos of her adult life. She recounts how she matured into better person rather than perpetuate the "victim" cycle. Her candid storytelling reflects how actions are so tragically linked to this Disease of The Family of Origin and how patterns of hurts, hang-ups, and habits are carried forward into the next generation. Christa was able to break this cycle through the powers of willingness, love and forgiveness. In this remarkable story, she encourages readers to face and overcome the silent screams of their everyday struggles.

Christa Jan Ryan Christa Ryan was born into a chaotic family, enduring alcoholism, drug overdoses, and violence. An indefatigable writer, she used humor to cope. She chronicled the loss of her baby in her first book, From the Depth of a Woman's Soul. After thirty years as landscape designer to the rich and famous, Ryan lives in New York with her two sons.