Carousel Music

by Rick Moskovitz

During the course of her psychotherapy with Dr. Kenneth Miller, Stephanie Whittington recalls a childhood filled with terror at the hands of her alcoholic father. Everett Whittington, now a pillar of the AA community, fervently denies her accusations and launches a lawsuit against Dr. Miller for planting false memories. As Stephanie and her doctor piece together a life story that seems to make sense of her suffering and allows her to heal, the smoke and mirrors of the courtroom show just how malleable reality can be.

266 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 2004

About the author

Rick Moskovitz is a Harvard educated psychiatrist who taught psychotherapy and spent nearly four decades listening to his patients tell their stories. After leaving practice, he in turn became a storyteller, writing science fiction that explores the psychological consequences of living in a world of expanding possibilities.

His Brink of Life Trilogy begins with the quest for immortality in the mid-21st century and concludes with a search for the origin of human life. In Shared Madness, he returned to his roots as a psychiatrist to write a first person tale of a psychiatrist who, while treating a psychotic patient, descends into madness and finds himself at the nexus of a deadly mystery.

Carousel Music explores his fascination with the subjective and malleable nature of memory and how our memories create the narrative of our identities.

Reviews

[sharon Lyons · Rating 5 out of 5]

Incredibly realistic

Not overly dramatic. Good flow of writing. Topic very well covered. I enjoyed that the "patient" isn't portrayed with typical fictional behavior of people with bpd/did.

[Steve Herreid · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked this book although it was somewhat difficult to stomach in places. Vividly depicts the depravity of man. The legal battle rings true to life.

[Iwona]

A tough topic, but a beautiful read.

[Irene Hammer-McLaughlin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dr. Moskovitz pens a fast-moving mystery that sensitively explores issues of trauma, repressed memory, and experience. I poured through this riveting page-turner in one night. This is a must read for anyone who is intrigued by how emotional memory affects decision making and behavior.