A Psychiatric Emergency Team member on a night shift in L.A.---not a job I'd wish on anyone but my worst enemy--but somehow it works for me. I try not to think too much about what that says about me, and to do the job with heart and brains. This book is made up of episodes...various night shifts over the years. They tell a story of the true meaning of "sanity" in the universe, and the true nature of life in the wasteland they call "the center of the world. " The comical mingles with the tragic. Like the man said, the names have been changed to protect the innocent.