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Mel Jacobs
Greenhill House is a residential treatment center for troubled adolescents from broken homes. In some ways, the staff members are no better off than their
charges. Greenhill is ruled over by a dic...view moreGreenhill House is a residential treatment center for troubled adolescents from broken homes. In some ways, the staff members are no better off than their
charges. Greenhill is ruled over by a dictatorial director named Donald Cheaver, who antagonizes his employees as well as his charges.
Among them is Dr. Jason Rogowsky, the in-house psychologist who finds himself romantically involved with Allison Blue, a new teacher at Greenhill. Their
relationship is stormy, and occasionally their drama overflows into their work. They are surrounded by—and judged—by their coworkers: a psychiatrist
obsessed with money, a depressed school principal, and an oppressed secretary.
As the staff struggles to settle their own disputes, the children—particularly Dart, Patricia, June, and Fatso—make life no easier. These kids carry with
them a lot of baggage and have damaged parents whose own memories haunt the Greenhill halls. The staff is there to help the children, but at this treatment
center, the children may also heal the adults.
Mel Jacobs grew up on New York City’s Lower East Side and studied psychology at New York University. He served in the US Army Air Force and practiced as a psychologist. He also taught at several graduate schools and worked with residential treatment centers. Greenhill House is his first novel.
Greenhill House is a residential treatment center for troubled adolescents from broken homes. In some ways, the staff members are no better off than their
charges. Greenhill is ruled over by a dictatorial director named Donald Cheaver, who antagonizes his employees as well as his charges.
Among them is Dr. Jason Rogowsky, the in-house psychologist who finds himself romantically involved with Allison Blue, a new teacher at Greenhill. Their
relationship is stormy, and occasionally their drama overflows into their work. They are surrounded by—and judged—by their coworkers: a psychiatrist
obsessed with money, a depressed school principal, and an oppressed secretary.
As the staff struggles to settle their own disputes, the children—particularly Dart, Patricia, June, and Fatso—make life no easier. These kids carry with
them a lot of baggage and have damaged parents whose own memories haunt the Greenhill halls. The staff is there to help the children, but at this treatment
center, the children may also heal the adults.view less