Rayne E. Golay

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Rayne E. Golay

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CAUTION: My website url seems to have been taken over by some unknown, unauthorized spoofer. I retired from writing in 2015.


My award winning novel THE WOODEN CHAIR, published May 15, 2013 by Untreed Reads Publishing, was reviewed by Kirkus Review: Golay’s…novel examines the tumultuous relationship between a woman and her abusive, alcoholic mother. Winner of the Royal Palm Literary Award, Golay’s story is told in affecting prose. Revealed over the span of decades, it focuses on a few key spans of Leini’s life and the pivotal moments between her and Mira.

When I was very young, my mother used to read to me. As she was done reading “A Thousand and One Nights” my passion was born. I was no more than six years old when my father obtained a libra

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WHEN A PARENT DRINKS, THE CHILD SUFFERS

Psychotherapist, drug and alcohol counselor, author of “Life Is A Foreign Language” and the award winning novel “The Wooden Chair,” Rayne E. Golay tells parents who suspect alcohol is getting the better of them to consider these questions: Have you had the morning after drink? Do you envy people who can drink without getting into trouble? Does your drinking cause problems at home? Do you tell your

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Published on February 17, 2014 07:21 Tags: alcohol, alcoholism, drinking, fatal, parent, problems, role-model-progressive, vulnerable
Average rating: 3.86 · 50 ratings · 20 reviews · 2 distinct worksSimilar authors
The Wooden Chair

3.87 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions
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Life Is A Foreign Language

3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2005
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