That style of storytelling puts you in the company of some of the greats! The Iliad, and Paradise Lost are all about starting in the middle. It was a super popular format for the classical epics.

Also have I talked to you about Victoria Woodhull already? She was the first woman to address congress, run for president, and be a stock broker (which made her rich).

She also used the spiritualist movement to her advantage, it's how she convinced (swindled?) a wealthy man to fund her stock exchange career, because he was all in on ghosts/the afterlife.