greg sedlacek

For psychiatric patients Skip Jack and Lance Axelrod (both paranoid schizophrenics) it is almost as good as receiving a get out of jail free card.
New York City’s Mental Health Czar Sal Barbieri has offered them a permanent ticket out of the institution but there’s just one catch. These two men who loathe one another, must find a way to live together and hold down steady jobs without driving each other crazier than they already are.
Barbieri has struck a deal with the Mayor to produce two “cured” paranoid schizophrenics within six months, the reward being increased funding for his department. He believes Skip and Lance can be cured by Systematic desensitization whereby they are required to overcome their mutual disdain for the greater good. Is it a recipe for disaster or a formula for success?
Barbieri assigns his fiancé, a beautiful and talented psychiatrist/lawyer named Ann Sison to act as the two men’s mentor. When Ann’s interest in the two men becomes more than professional things begin to unravel. The two men go from zero to hero back to zero again. Will they find redemption? Ann, Skip and Lance will learn that the real cure for insanity is old fashioned love.
This story is more than just a romantic comedy. It’s a coming out party for people with mental illness who long to be loved like everybody else. In today’s society when the actions of mentally challenged people are in the news frequently this story is timely and timeless. This book will make you laugh, make you cry, and realize that mental illness isn’t always a curse.