ISBN Bedlam book English Hardcover 272 pages

For fans of Brain on Fire and Girl interrupted  — Bedlam is a crackling, satirical debut based on a horrifying true story about what happens when an asylum owner becomes a patient.Bedlamdetails the frustrating life ofEarl Sedgwick, owner and operator of amental institute. Earl grew up in the business and subsequently took it over despite his avowed hatred of how the business robbed him of his childhood. He runs on empty until he’striggeredby a visit from his moresuccessful friends, realizing his life has been placed in its own padded room since he took on thefamily business. The career that is providing everything he has and keeping him alive is ultimatelykilling him at the same time. The torture of watching peopledie and/or lose their mindsis not a healthy existence, but it is all he has ever known, and like many people he yearns to do something else. Something more. But with his mental health failing andhis addictionadding fuel to the fire, Earl is in no shape to change his life. Earl has to then decide what his next move will be. Bedlam takes us through a series ofstories and anecdotesfeaturing the wild antics of patients, staff and their families, as Earl not only becomes an addict but is alsolosing his mind.