About Rage Against the Meshugenah
In his revealing, funny, and no-holds-barred memoir, Danny Evans takes us on his odyssey from having it all one moment and plunging into a crushing depression the next. He confronts his innermost demons, and the hidden truths about his family in a raw and honest account.
"My first therapist's name was Neil Diamond, but he didn't wear sequins, didn't bring me flowers, and most certainly did not turn on my heartlight (nor any other part of my body). Were he that Neil, the real Neil, the Jewish Elvis, it would have been my solemn duty as a Jew to dry-hump his leg because that's the kind of shpilkes that washes over Members of the Tribe when we are in the presence of Neil Diamond. We go completely meshugenah. In fact, there's an obscure, secret Jew code that mandates if you're on a sinking ship in the middle of shark-infested waters with your spouse, your child, and Neil Diamond, and you can only save one of your shipmates, you must save Neil. You can get a new wife and have new kids, but there's only one Neil Diamond. Well, two, actually: the real Neil and the therapist Neil, but the latter, if I'm being completely honest, was kind of a tool. You'd have to get me good and drunk before I'd ever consider dry-humping the leg (or any other part of the body) of a dude who wore deplorable imitation Cosby sweaters and spent most of his time staring at the damn legal pad upon which he jotted notes about his perceptions of my mental acuity. Or lack thereof."
Nothing is off-limits on Evans' quest—not even his analysis of the embarrassing and inconvenient sexual side effects of his get-well medication. It's enough to drive a man insane. But Danny learns the hard way that he may just have to go a little crazy in order to find his way back home.
According to the National Institute of Mental Health, six million American men (nearly seven percent of the U.S. male population) will be diagnosed with a depressive illness this year. For these men and their loved ones, RAGE AGAINST THE MESHUGENAH offers an everyman's glimpse into the true face of depression...and perhaps a ray of hope for a happier future.
