Background
Boone was born in Denton, Texas, the first daughter of Pat Boone and Shirley Lee Foley Boone. She is the granddaughter of country music star Red Foley.
Boone was born in Denton, Texas, the first daughter of Pat Boone and Shirley Lee Foley Boone. She is the granddaughter of country music star Red Foley.
Boone has spoken publicly about her experiences and recovery from anorexia nervosa. She has three sisters: Debby, Lindy, and Laury. The four sisters formed a vocal group, The Boones, in the 1970s.
They were best known for their cover of Agnetha/ Björn/ Benny/ Anni-Frid"s "Hasta Mañana".
On October 4, 1975, Boone married writer Dan O"Neill, in a ceremony officiated by Jack Hayford, founding pastor of the Church on the Way, in Van Nuys, California. The family resides in Sammamish, Washington.
They had met in 1982 while Carpenter was attending resident therapy in New York City with psychotherapist Steven Levenkron. At that time Boone was a recovered anorexic and former patient.
Later that year, she published Starving for Attention about her recovery and life as a former sufferer of anorexia.
They later wrote a follow-up book Living on the Border of Disorder: How to Cope with an Addictive Person.