Jeannie's marriage is slipping away as fast as her friend Batya's sanity, and she can't seem to put on the brakes.
Jeannie, a social worker at a psychiatric hospital, considers her friendship with Batya problematic but can't desert her. Meanwhile Jeannie's coworker, the zany psychiatrist Jack, becomes Batya's secret lover, and Batya and Jack take on a crusade against the "shady side of psychiatry."
Their battle clashes with hospital administration-an administration Jeannie's rich husband and father support through managed funds she doesn't quite understand.
Family ties to the managerial elite and secrets Jeannie isn't privy to lead to scrutiny when authorities start investigating issues at the hospital. An outside inquiry turns up questions about drug approval, the hospital's relationship with pharmaceutical companies, and its resistance to any corporation dealing with marijuana research. When everything goes wrong, Batya suffers a complete mental breakdown, and a body turns up in the sea next to the hospital.
What other secrets lie in the psychiatric institution? Author Michael I. Benjamin, a retired Israeli psychologist, questions his profession in Sins and Lovers, a morality play hidden in the guise of a murder mystery.
About the Author: Israeli psychiatrist Michael I. Benjamin managed psychiatric services and worked as medical auditor for both the Israeli Ministry of Defense and a large health-providing organization before retiring. He now acknowledges his anti-psychiatry, 1960s training as he rallies against an industry known for its medication-centric philosophy.
Benjamin is an avid supporter of Leeds United and dabbles in both local and national politics. He started writing at the age of sixty-eight and now writes as a hobby. He was born in the United Kingdom in 1944 and is married and living in Oranit, a picturesque village in Israel. Benjamin is the father of three children and grandfather of five.
