{"product_id":"view-from-the-rollercoaster-unsteady-essays-bipolar-bylines-paperback","title":"View from the Rollercoaster: Unsteady Essays \u0026 Bipolar Bylines - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTracy Ebbert Revalee\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKing Solomon said a cheerful heart is good medicine. So if you begin to operate on the assumption that the Bible is not just another dust magnet, an assumption that puts you at odds with most of the world and then you find out you're mentally ill, a fact that puts you at odds with yourself and the rest of the world, what are you going to do? Cry? Or figure it out? In the life of a bipolar person, judgment is a matter of brain chemical roulette, emotions are not to be trusted and reason takes the last train home. Relationships rise and fall with the mood swings. It's a monster and Tracy Revalee has been battling it for decades. If you get in the rollercoaster car with her you'll get to growl back at a dog, defy your ghosts and try to interview a pig. Like any good journalist, she asks the hard questions: Where did I get that car? What is the difference between hay and straw? Why am I avoiding the mall? At the end of the day, even if you don't know all the answers, this book will point you toward a larger truth. That's what makes the journey, whether it's up, down or sideways, a joyful one. If you or someone you know lives with mental illness, this scenery may be familiar: mania, job-hopping, broken relationships and breakdowns. In this book, dated chapters will guide the reader through a journey of time, place and experience to the healing shelter of a due by the sea. It's a non-linear trip. The subtitle, Unsteady Essays and Bipolar Bylines, describes a structure that incluldes brief essays on a jewel of a neighborhood, a dangerous dog and a nameless pig. For starters. Employing song and narrative, the author is a peaceful guide for a bumpy ride.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTracy Ebbert Revalee was drafted into the U.S. Navy at birth as the daughter of a naval aviator. Due to his career and her mother's belief that the family should live together no matter where he was stationed, Tracy attended thirteen schools before graduating at the age of seventeen. She was diagnosed with bipolar illness in her early twenties. If her childhood was chaotic, her adult life was explosive. She attended three colleges, dropped out, moved to California to write songs, moved back to Virginia and attended classes at seven colleges before earning a B.S. in Communications eighteen years after graduating from high school. Then she had her first and only child. She has held at least fifty-two jobs for varying lengths of time. She has been married four times. She has written articles for newspapers and for small magazines, including Employment Today and Richmond Review, as well as composing dozens of songs, since 1979. Tracy has been married nearly 15 years to the dashing and patient Frank Revalee, of Liberty, IN. They enjoy traveling and the company of their children and grandchildren.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 70\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.14 x 7.99 x 5.24 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 10, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53849921913139,"sku":"9780615452548","price":15.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/Z5KDW9ZVbQ9780615452548.webp?v=1786587531","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/view-from-the-rollercoaster-unsteady-essays-bipolar-bylines-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}