{"product_id":"train-ride-to-jupiter-when-life-challenges-your-core-beliefs-book-iii","title":"Train Ride to Jupiter: When Life Challenges Your Core Beliefs - Book III","description":"In the third book of Train Ride to Jupiter, a trilogy in poetry and prose, Mary Peter reveals the hardships she has experienced having bipolar disorder, and how she’s faced them with confidence and unflinching truth. She writes about her last manic episode, which occurred over twenty years ago, a vivid and disturbing account of when she found herself arrested, handcuffed, shackled, and treated like a hardened criminal, then jailed in Oklahoma. She encourages all those who struggle with mental illness to not be ashamed. Here is an excerpt from the prose companion piece to the poem “A Walk Without Order”: “I define who I become as a person and refuse to let a mental disorder be all that I am.”\n\nThe book’s second section, “All Aboard the Thought Train,” is a thought-provoking series of poems and prose challenging readers to examine their core beliefs. Peter cautions those who follow a conductor (the conductor being a metaphor for one in a leadership position, particularly a religious leader) to beware of following with blind faith and to make sure the train stays on the right track. She also shares poems of several pivotal individuals who have enriched her life, and coworkers who continue to inspire her. The title and book cover, designed by her husband, Theo, add a unique flare.\n\nTrain Ride to Jupiter is an intriguing expedition that has the potential to alter one’s perception of the universe and is an encouragement for readers to examine current societal and institutional norms.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: B0G4QXYPFS\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.B0G4QXYPFS.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Peter, Theodore Preston|Peter, Mary Helen\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact  including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43334837600317,"sku":"BVV.B0G4QXYPFS.G","price":10.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/train-ride-to-jupiter-when-life-challenges-your-core-beliefs-book-iii","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}