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Making God Laugh: A Memoir of Psychiatry, Dublin, and the Electric Chair

Making God Laugh: A Memoir of Psychiatry, Dublin, and the Electric Chair


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"On a bright June day in the late 1980s, I found myself strapped into an electric chair." So begins R.C. Goodwin's captivating memoir, which encompasses his life from growing up in the Midwest during the 1950s to his ivy-league foray at Yale, majoring in history, and on to studying medicine in Dublin. Returning to the U.S., he undertook a psychiatric career despite initial misgivings about the specialty. Practicing psychiatry in the suburbs, prisons, and at a major university, he embarked upon a journey in which his patients included corporate executives and serial killers, teenagers and centenarians, alcoholics and drug addicts, and those addicted to online pornography. We learn something of the side trips in this journey-the joy, pain, humor, frustration, angst, and unending surprises along the way-and how all this affected his personal life as he dealt with the same universal issues his patients try to deal with.

About the Author :
After graduating from Yale, R.C. Goodwin spent six demanding but wonderful years in Dublin attending medical school before returning to the U.S. for an internship and psychiatric residency. Since then, he has worked in private practice, jails and prisons, nursing homes, a substance abuse facility, and a student mental health clinic at a major university-all of which he describes in his memoir, Making God Laugh. His fiction has appeared in Elixir, Center, Northeast, and Writers Digest Online among other publications. It has also been published in two anthologies, Stories that Need to be Told and Coolest American Stories. Goodwin's debut book The Stephen Hawking Death Row Fan Club, a prison-based collection of award-winning short stories and a novella, was named a Kirkus Indie Best Book of 2015. He has also written a novel, Model Child, a psychological thriller. He lives with his wife and a spoiled, bossy cat in Connecticut.

Review :
A skilled storyteller, Goodwin uses anecdotal vignettes to drive the book's engaging narrative...a perceptive and frequently entertaining look at the life of a psychiatrist. -Kirkus Reviews In Goodwin's recollection of the uncertainties and immaturities of his early career path and relationships, followed by the twists and turns in his unique quest for belonging and meaning, there is both resonance and intrigue for the reader. -Jennifer Top, TulipTree Publishing In his memoir Making God Laugh R.C. Goodwin offers a window into a life that has been both diverse and creative, one that will no doubt stimulate memories, causing readers to reflect on their own personal journeys. It's a compelling story. -Joe Nowinski, PhD, Author of SOBER LOVE: How to Quit Drinking as a Couple Making God Laugh offers a morbid, interesting hook and is loaded with life thereafter--and Goodwin sure does know how to write. If you're into memoir, buy this book! -Mark Wish, author of the International Book Award winning Necessary Deeds, editor of Coolest American Stories


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781733143974
  • Publisher: Secret Harbor Press, LLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Secret Harbor Press, LLC
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 280
  • Returnable: Y
  • Returnable: Y
  • Sub Title: A Memoir of Psychiatry, Dublin, and the Electric Chair
  • Width: 152 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1733143971
  • Publisher Date: 11 Mar 2025
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 15 mm
  • Weight: 426 gr


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