Harry Copeland

The Patient Quest: and Other Stories, Sketches, and Poetry Harry Copeland

Six errant patients become restless and manipulate an escape from the mental health hospital where they are confined to go in search of the Garden of Eden in a place called Torreya State Park. This decision gets them into trouble with drug pushers, a bank robber, prejudice, a runaway skateboard and rampaging dog, barge-jumping, kidnapping, shoot-outs, graphic therapy sessions, and dramatic rescues. Graphic flashbacks reveal how each patient ended up at the mental institution. The story titllates, provokes, amuses,excites,and shocks one in turn.