Emma Janson Knihy

No one wants a nice coming out story. They want pride and fireworks! They want balloons and drag queens with bad wigs to parade down the street! But, the fact is, most coming out stories are boring. The good stuff isn't the 'moment' you say the words, I'm gay, it's the before and after we all sit on the edge of our seats for. Mine is no exception; my story is totally lame. To make it worse, there are three of them.

Jack and Jill Reed never dreamed of running a mental health facility. Far from it. They were nerdy hippies who were better suited to be flower growers. But as life happened and dreams changed, and by way of unforeseen circumstances, they found themselves at the helm of one of the most unique mental health facilities in the country. The Reed's credo was that patients should be allowed to find their own happiness. At the Reed's Northern Lights mental health facility, the patients mingle freely with the staff and each other. Some of the personalities are quiet and contemplative, some inappropriately humorous, and a few seductive and sexual. But all are on a shared path that will lead them, and the staff, on the road toward self-discovery and self-destruction. And, in the end, the only sanity they will discover, is that which lies in the disequilibrium of love.