Authors Kiss with Sara Troy and her guest Anna Binder Readon, on air from March 24th

Lurking in the basement of her life is the ache of depression and the torment of life as an addict. Meet Amelia, a character closely based on the tumultuous youth of author Anna Binder Reardon.

In Reardon’s dramatization of her own life, Wethersfield Road is a moving story of healing. Through it all, Amelia has her besties by her side: a bottle and a bong, the binge-purge cycle, and risky hookups. She’s the cross-faded chaos queen of nobody’s dreams. Feeling lost, Amelia’s connection with her horse, Hope, seems to be her last reason to stick around. But even that simplest love can’t save her by itself. She topples into a shameful series of crash landings. From domestic violence to cringeworthy sexual encounters and drug-induced shame spirals, she can’t catch her breath. A brutal equine wake-up call propels Amelia to rescue herself in the way only she can. She must first resist her default setting: self-sabotage. In an interview, Reardon can share with us:

“This book depicts domestic violence, sexual trauma, substance abuse, eating disorders, and severe mental illness,” says Reardon. “The intention of exploring these topics is to tell the truth about the ways we as humans struggle. This is ultimately a redemptive story about recovery in all its various forms. Amelia’s journey can be messy, but as most of us know all too well, healing is anything but linear. May we all have the time and space we need to heal and feel whole.”

Anna Binder Reardon is a former therapist who writes novels and personal essays about people in therapy. When it comes to mental health, her goal is to destigmatize the struggles and normalize care and support. Her core work embodies my core belief in the transformative power of vulnerability. Wethersfield Road, a critically-acclaimed novel, is her first published book

With a Master’s Degree in Counseling from St. Edward’s University, her three-plus years as a mental health therapist, and her own experiences on the fainting couch, she brings actual clinical and personal knowledge to her writings.  She earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from St. Edward’s University.

An LMFTA counselor, she specialized in eating disorders, was a certified intuitive eating counselor, and she treated individuals, families, couples, kids, and teens.

Reardon was a competitive, semi-professional horseback rider for eight years. Born in Teaneck, New Jersey, she moved to Austin, Texas at age seven, where she now resides with her husband, Tanner, and their Golden Retriever Jax, and their Corgi-mix Oliver.

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