An original, adventurous, entertaining, humorous, amazing story of a young psychiatrist and his wife as their marriage is bombarded by the intense involvement with some of the world's sickest mentally ill.
The narrative is full of the doctor's soul searching, fascinating insights, and personal agonies, as he explores the minds of his patients.
The patients tell their own stories—some bizarre, others strange and unworldly. All simply human.
The marriage becomes strained—shocked by an accident to an only child and the horrors of a criminal trial.
The ending is surprising.