In The Lonely Fen Author:Richard Moore When the overnight staff at a group home for the mentally ill falls asleep, the residents find that the night is theirs to do with as they choose. Adrian, a nineteen-year-old with bi-polar disorder, meets a girl, only to learn that his idealized concept of being in love is far from what reality has in store for him. Henry is twenty, but being de... more »velopmentally disabled means he has the mind of a child. As he journeys the streets at night collecting cigarette butts to smoke, he unwittingly invokes the wrath of a local drug dealer. Alan, a middle-aged man suffering from schizophrenia, hears voices telling him his meds are poisoned and secretly begins vomiting them up, making his behavior increasingly unstable. He absconds from the group home one night in search of his mother, who long ago abandoned him. The struggles, failures, and triumphs the characters face makes this a compelling read for anyone interested in a side of humanity that all too often goes unrecognized.« less