Rush and Roulette: The Weight, The War, and the Love Letter to the Girl Who Lived

Rush and Roulette: The Weight, The War, and the Love Letter to the Girl Who Lived

Rush and Roulette is a raw, soul-baring memoir about rising from the fire without losing your flame. Tina Marie takes us through the unspoken corners of her life—family secrets, spiritual betrayals, childhood innocence lost too soon, and the quiet strength it took to hold her heart together through it all. This is not just a story of survival. It’s a reckoning. A resurrection. A reclamation. With poetic reflection and fierce vulnerability, Tina peels back the layers of her past and invites readers to witness her healing in real time—from the death of her mother to the unraveling of religion, from generational silence to the rediscovery of self-love and sacred connection. Every chapter pulses with the weight of truth and the rhythm of resilience. For every Black woman who’s ever been told to be quiet. For every daughter still carrying her mother’s grief. For every soul that’s ever been buried under shame and dared to rise anyway— Rush and Roulette is a mirror, a permission slip, and a soft landing. This isn’t just a memoir. It’s a fire. And Tina Marie didn’t just survive the spin. She bet on herself—and won