Public Figure: Olivia Chow

Olivia Chow: Attitudes are changing, but not fast enough. Perhaps her book will help. , according to Hamilton Spectator. She writes: "I was drawn to the wrong kind of guy." Olivia Chow's My Journey is a gutsy memoir. NDP MP Chow is a public figure and while writing about one's weaknesses has become popular, there's less sympathy for some issues than others, such as violence against women. She immigrated to Toronto with her parents from Hong Kong in 1970 at 13 and by 17 she had a boyfriend who "came close to killing her." She stayed a year, making up excuses for him and never going to the police. He was one of two boyfriends who beat her. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.