THE RED ORGANDY DRESS

Book excerpt: The Red Organdy Dress takes you into the psychotic world of a schizophrenic. It is a fi ctional case study, of a young woman, LaLa who has experienced a psychotic break. You will understand how family dynamic and dysfunctional family styles often exacerbate mental illness. Lala is a typical little girl who feels disenfranchised by her father and detached from a mother overwhelmed by her new status of single woman. During an era when it was not popular and extremely embarrassing and stressful. The era for the story is between 1945 and 1985. The Red Organdy Dress takes place in Los Angeles California during the boom of growing prosperity immediately after the war. African Americans were moving west in large numbers and establishing businesses. LaLa’s father was on his way to being a successful business man but he was less than faithful to his wife. He was an old fashion man who believed that women had their place in the home and that it was natural for men to roam.