An Age of Madness

Title Page, Copyright, Acknowledgments, Dedication

An Age of Madness “This page intentionally left blank”. An Age of Madness a novel David Maine Red Hen Press | Pasadena, CA An Age of Madness Copyright © 2012 by David Maine All rights reserved No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without the prior written permission of both the publisher and the copyright owner. Book design and layout by David Rose Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Maine, David, 1963 – An age of madness : a novel / David Maine.—1st ed. p. cm. ISBN 978-1-59709-234-0 (alk. paper) 1. Mothers and daughters—Fiction. 2. Women psychiatrists—Fiction. 3. Domestic fiction. I. Title. PS3613.A3495A7 2012 813’.6—dc23 2012003927 The Los Angeles County Arts Commission, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, the James Irvine Foundation,andtheAhmansonFoundation partially support Red Hen Press. First Edition Published by Red Hen Press www.redhen.org Acknowledgments The author wishes to thank Dr. Jeffrey Nathan, PhD, for his kind assistance in the preparation of this manuscript. His suggestions and common sense made for a better book; any oversights or inaccuracies, of course, remain purely the author’s responsibility. “This page intentionally left blank”. for my students “This page intentionally left blank”. ...