In 1986, Ethan Lloyd dropped out of Columbia University to seek happiness in San Francisco.

When little "earthquakes" keep him awake at night, he has no idea that he is on the brink of psychosis.

Shuffled from jail to the mental hospital (a 5150 transfer), he has to claw his way back to sanity surrounded by lovable kooks. The first in a series, this roman a clef is an outstanding memoir of psychosis and recovery. Told in the first person present tense, the immediacy and urgency of the tale force the reader to think like a psychotic person in order to understand Ethan's plight.