Just Around the Bend is a look beneath the fanciful images of America to the brutal betrayal of Americans by the courts, the mental health system, schools, insurance companies, banks, and even the churches. From my father's trial for murder for defending his sister against spousal abuse, to my own law practice, my life is the story of constant struggle to reach a peace that my mother once said was "just around the bend." That long bend up the mountain has run from Pennsylvania where I was born, to Nevada, and then to California. The journey challenges every reader's expectations.