Long Shot

Alcohol. Lithium. Buddhist chanting. To quiet the voices in her mind, Sylvia Harris tried all of them. Her bipolar depression brought on bouts of erratic behavior and unsettling delusions. It led her to look for love in all the wrong places and to create a family she had difficulty caring for. But it was at the nadir of her twenty-year battle with this devastating illness that Harris found redemption in the least likely of places'an equine ranch outside Orlando, Florida. Written with an unflinching eye toward her weaknesses and a reverent wonder at the healing power of horses, Long Shotis Harris's tale of perseverance in which an underdog in life becomes a champion on the track and her Thoroughbred becomes a beacon of hope.

Sylvia Harris is a jockey. She lives in Wilmington, Delaware. This is her first book. Coauthor Eunetta T. Boone is a graduate of Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism; an award-winning sportswriter; and a writer, creator, and producer of television as well as film. Coauthor Bill Boulware is also a writer, creator, and producer of television; has been a freelance writer for The Cosby Show and various other programs; and has taught writing at the American Film Institute, USC, and UCLA.