Gentle Passage
by Paul Elliott with Ed Joswick
Synopsis: Anna is a no-nonsense psychologist going for tenure, but to get tenure she must get published. Spearheading an ADHD research program was going to be her way to success. But due to her abrasive personality, she is removed from that project and put on a small Alzheimer's research program, testing the effects of a new drug. Her job is to interview patients and measure their cognitive powers. It's a real step down for her and she hates everything about the project until she meets Joseph, an argumentative, sixty-five year old gay man, who isn't yet ready to die. Journeying back into his past and what he's had to endure to just survive, forces Anna to finally step out of her own limiting universe to care for someone other than herself, but it may already be too late for both of them.