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True Confessions of a Gambling Showgirl: A Story of Overcoming Odds, is a profoundly personal analysis that’s veracious, raw, and uniquely therapeutic at its core. The author provides the reader with a riveting introspective of an accomplished and prolific performer, of more than four decades, who is confounded by the haunting truths that relentlessly lurk behind the scenes, of the stage and spotlights. This thought provoking autobiography is painfully candid, yet an enlightening exploration of how one individual solely navigates the complexities of her existence. The author grapples with her past yet chooses to harness her experiences, using them as steppingstones to forge an unshakable spirit, while continuously striving to become better, and not bitter, with the “hand she was dealt.”

From a tumultuous childhood, adolescence, and adulthood marked by violence, abuse, lies, pain, and traumatic loss, the author showcases an extraordinary will to keep pressing forward, even in the face of diabolical circumstances and unsuspected characters. She emerges as an accomplished athlete and performer, as well as a cultured and confident academic, only to be perpetually caught up in cycles of rejection, betrayal, abandonment, death, and destruction. Through this lens, the reader witnesses a profound growth that can arise from surrendering to the depths of one’s suffering. Through unreserved honesty and remarkable courage, the author forms a strong conviction of pursuing personal victory over vengeance, with each chapter standing as a testament to the author’s unwavering refusal to be a victim of circumstance. However, in her quest to live a life rooted in love, loyalty, dedication, selflessness and sacrifice— continuously stepping outside of her own misery for the benefit of others— the author ultimately finds herself wrestling in the depths of loneliness, grief, defeat and despair, with no earthly way out. 

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Standing at the precipice of her own mortality, grasping for the will to carry on, while endlessly haunted by decades of significant loss and deep human suffering, the author’s search for THE Way Out is portrayed as an inward journey to break the chains that bind and free herself from the shackles of relentless, destructive cycles. Revolutionizing her narrative, the author adamantly refuses to be labeled by society as a survivor. Left to navigate the remainder of her life alone, through massive strength and precision-like focus she shifts her identity by cultivating a warrior-like mentality, refusing to be anything less than an overcomer and conqueror in her final phase of life. Leveraging her past experiences, she knows that understanding comes by trusting the process, and that she must Go Through to Get To. However, in stark contrast to the collective ideologies of modern-day society, she instinctually knows her ultimate transformation will require endurance, analysis, and a mastering of the circumstances to re-emerge sharper, wiser, and more self-refined. True Confessions of a Gambling Showgirl is not only an autobiography; it’s a manifesto of continually expanding beyond one’s current capacity, depicting tireless strength, courage, conviction, discipline, and character building— celebrating seasons of staggering success, while fearlessly embracing decades marked by incomprehensible misfortunes and disproportionate deprivation. This unrelenting life journey showcases an existence fueled by a radical pursuit of greatness and purpose; giving rise to a Gambling Showgirl, immersed in a world of analyzing statistics, playing percentages with proven principles, and making wagers based on resulting data, as a means to overcoming the odds— at all costs.​​​​​