Boiled in Oil (Transition, Transformation, and Transcendence)

by Melanie Anne Phillips

Boiled in Oil is the second volume in a set of three linked trilogies:The Transition TrilogyBegins with Melanie's first day of hormone therapy, continuing through sex reassignment surgery, her development of the Dramatica Theory of Narrative Structure with her creative partner, adjustment to life as a woman, and finally coming to terms with her own identity.The Transformation TrilogyBegins with Melanie coping with her life-partner's decision to undergo radial feminizing facial surgery what will permanently and completely alter her external identity, and continues with Melanie's efforts to destroy her own identity in order to rebuild and with her decision to also undergo facial surgery and concludes with her effort to come to terms with the stranger in the mirror.The Transcendence TrilogyBegins with Melanie's work on narrative counterterrorism with the CIA and the NSA and continues through her complete financial collapse, a rebirth of relationships with her family, rebuilding of her finances and embarking on a new life adventure, all intertwined with her assessment of how her life's work on narrative psychology has affected, guided, and ultimately brought meaning to her journey, from developing the Dramatica theory in volume one, to transcending narrative science in volume nine.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1976823994
• ISBN13: 9781976823992
• Release Date: January 2018
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.6" x 6.0"