Benefits of Insanity

At the age of nine Gabriel Gabe Guzman (a.k.a. George Garrison) must move in with his grandparents after a tragedy leaves him parentless. His grandparents live in the countryside of South Florida in a little area he nicknames World's End. There he meets the feisty and intelligent Cat whom he instantly falls for and the brother and sister duo Samantha and Samuel. Gabe finds a life-long kinship in the trio who soon help him come out of his shell and get through the other side of adolescence. <br /><br />But all good things come to an end and the pack breaks when Samantha's father finds out she has been dating J. Lee a Black boy. After a series of misfortunes Gabe must return to live with his foster parents in New York-where he was born. He exchanges letters with Cat through the years but loses touch with her during their time in medical school. <br /><br />After a terrible storm hits World's End Gabe returns to check out his grandparents' house only to unexpectedly find Cat Samantha and J. Lee in a world turned upside down-a world that will never be the same.<br /><br />Intelligent earnest and infused with Cuban culture The Benefits of Insanity is a story of love friendship and resilience in the face of a society that fails those suffering from trauma and mental illness.