Four
men, age 18 to 81, have murdered, and now share a room in the secure
forensic psychiatry ward. Who better to get inside their heads, and
find both the tragedy and comedy of their lives than psychiatrist and
novelist David Laing Dawson.
Frank has just completed a ten
year sentence in a Federal Prison for manslaughter. He is remanded
for an assessment in the Forensic Ward of a Psychiatric Hospital. On
this ward Frank shares a four bed room with Joseph, a man suffering
from severe depression and delusions of jealousy, David, a young
schizophrenic man, and Henry Thornton, 81 years of age, sometimes
confused, and possibly guilty of the mercy killing of his companion
and lover.
Dawson
explores the comedy as well as the tragedy of these four lives as
they intersect in a dramatic way in a place none of them wishes to
be.
This story has the ring of truth and insight only an
insider can provide. And though the characters and events are tragic,
the author finds many moments of shared humanity, warmth and good
humor.
Four
stars on Amazon "This
is fiction which rings true and is quite a reading adventure"
"Novel
takes readers into Dramatic Life of Psychiatric Hospital patients! Excellent
writing style"
"it feels authentic from beginning to end. It's
not a comfortable book to read, but it is thought-provoking."From
Blog Critics
ISBN
978-0-9810037-5-7, $19.95 US distributed by Ingram
