The Bantam Rooster

About the Book

Within the pages of this book, Dancing On The Brink, you will find a sometimes frightening, often haunting, but nonetheless informative chronicle of one summer in the life of Adam Holbrook, a man suffering from Schizophrenia. Dancing On The Brink is a first person journey into the surreal and sordid world of the mentally ill. This tale is of the type from which nightmares are made, as seen through the eyes of one truly experiencing a living nightmare. This story is true in every detail. Only the names of persons and places have been changed. Dancing On The Brink will forever change your perception of the mentally ill and mental illness.

About the Author

Adam Holbrook was born in Lima, Ohio and grew up on a farm near the village of Westminster, Ohio. Adam started his writing career at the age of fifteen years and was a photojournalist for three Lima area newspapers while yet in high school. After his graduation in 1972 Mr. Holbrook enlisted in the U.S. Air Force and served as a Psychiatric Ward Specialist at Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi Mississippi. Adam resides in Lima with his wife of thirty seven years, Mary Luma Holbrook. Adam and Mary have four grown children and two grandchildren.