Review: Crazy about this book!  Crazy about this writer!  You should be, too!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 2, 2011
Brad's father is a dentist at Larned State Hospital - the hospital for the insane - and they live on the grounds of the hospital.  Brad also works in the hospital cafeteria, and feels a deep compassion for many of the inpatients.  "Crazy About You" details a week in Brad's life - a crazy week that teaches Brad more about life than he really wanted to know.  He learns the mysteries of love, learns the true meaning of fear, and is involved in several murder investigations.  Just a typical week in the life of a teenage boy?  Hardly.  But Attwood's involving style and wealth of information make this a highly engaging and interesting read, especially for those who, like me, have always had a fascination with insanity.One of the many things that I found fascinating about this story was how the early 1960s are portrayed - and how very much like the mid 1980s it was; I think being a teenager, exploring life and learning these things, tends to make every generation think they are unique - but what they don't realize is, that they're really very much the same.A coming-of-age novel in the hands of a master storyteller, "Crazy About You" is a book in which  anyone should be able to find something to enjoy.