October Mourning

About the Book

Kendall's story is a piece of a mosaic as intricate as St. Fillan's stained glass windows. Dr. Macauley MacLaren, hopeful that the new methods of Freud would cure his mother's madness, founded the hospital, named for the patron saint of the insane, in 1898. The looming Victorian holds secrets, set in its shadows a century ago. Exploitation and experimentation, as old as the lobotomy and as new as managed care, add color to the completed mosaic. This particular painted lady is an eerie place, where things go bump in the night and staff and patients alike have an unfortunate propensity for a premature demise.

About the Author

Loren J. Chaucer has been a psychiatric nurse for the past twenty years. Being diagnosed with the brain disorder, early onset Parkinson's disease, compelled her to stop and smell the roses by putting the stories in her head on paper. She believes laughter is the best medicine, so the story is served with a liberal dollop of humor. She lives in Connecticut with her husband and an Irish setter without a pseudonym. This is the first of a trilogy about St. Fillan's.