Barnaby Smith

By Daniel Martin Eckhart

They always asked Barnaby, "Why do you want to fly?" And he'd always reply, "Why do you want to breathe?" "Barnaby Smith" is the tale of a most unusual journey by a despairing psychiatrist and her patient - a story about life, love, belief, compromise and freedom ... and yes, the dream of human flight. Six months after her son's suicide, psychiatrist Dr. Martha Lewis takes on a position at Brooklyn's St. Joseph's Hospital where she is given the charge of Barnaby Smith. Barnaby has tried to fly, like a bird, his entire life. He has jumped off roofs nine times, he has broken every bone in his body ... and he has been at St. Joseph's, heavily medicated for his own safety, for the past twenty-three years. Martha makes it her obsession to bring this man back into life, to save him ... only to realize that Barnaby just might be the key to her own salvation.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1512170925
• ISBN13: 9781512170924
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.8" x 0.6" x 5.1"