Hit Me Like a Flower

Beau O’Reilly’s Hit Me Like a Flower continues his “Big Play” experiment: large cast, lots of story line, expanse. Sarah Wallace has come to a East-Coast waspish town to start her therapy practice and cast a watchful eye over her long estranged college daughter Terry, known as “Oddhead.” Sarah’s patients: Arthur Moore, a psychopath with a bear suit and a 2 by 4; William Coughlin, a sometime novelist of minor fame who is recovering from a stroke; and Mrs. Chester, a woman who has been living in the streets but is not ready for a bus ride. Terry’s friends are Saul and Hannah, they are in their 20’s, skating tough, and worried about the war.