Halfway House

The halfway house is a book that describes the stages of development of a young boy in a unique way; a real depiction of life in a third world setting, sudden change in environment, encounters with savage bullies, rejection by a crush, unpleasant sanitary conditions, first encounter with alternative sexual lifestyles and eventual signs of a mental breakdown.The book seeks to educate on the subject of 'objective understanding' of who we really are as 'human beings' (flawed as we are) in the simplest ways.A summary of life that teaches both the psychology intern and the average Joe on the streets: who we are and what we are capable of doing. It requires a detachment from ones preconceived notion of self and others, you must act like a ghost staring at its lifeless body, critically analyzing and internalizing the issues raised in an objective manner.Caveats though, do not engage in denial, rationalization and counter-arguments while reading this book because in the end you will lose the essence of the book; dark humor that seeks to reduce stigma associated with abnormality.