Another Excerpt From “Stone Mother”

The final installment of a medical trilogy. On entering residency training, a married couple carry their 1960s activism into the '70s. They struggle to balance overwhelming responsibilities with their ideals, attempting to reform the "system," but ultimately it is their personal lives that suffer. Max King is driven to make a better world. As a medical resident at L.A. County Hospital, he has daunting responsibilities. The hospital is short of funds and key staff. The activists hold a press conference to claim that twenty-five patients have died from inadequate care. Afterward, they're subjected to a witch hunt to quash their complaints.