Footnote

"The Guru Next Door" written by Wendy Dolber, is the story of Annie, a young child who struggles with an abnormal family. She lives her life in utmost unhappiness: Her mother hides in her room and dissapears for days at times; her father abondons them; her grandmother is another story--she thinks Annie should never have been born, and treats her really bad...everyone but one person, her neighboor, Bruce Di Marsico, a noted psychotherapist who is loved and respected by almost everyone around the neighborhood. An encounter with Bruce changes her thinking about herself and her surrounding, her beliefs about there right to happiness, and ultimately, the course of her life.