Abigail Phelps — Bethany Turner

Reality is in the eye of the beholder... In 2002, Abigail Phelps was admitted against her will into a psychiatric facility, and quickly claimed that Senator Ted Kennedy was responsible for having her committed. Staff psychiatrist Alec B. Redmond easily diagnosed her with delusional disorder, and as a form of therapy, Dr. Redmond encouraged Abigail to get the delusions down on paper and treat them like any other work of fiction. When she did, they made quite the story. Abigail claimed to skate Bolero with legendary ice dancer Christopher Dean, film Out of Africa with Robert Redford, become half of the modern era's favorite romantic comedy couple alongside Tom Hanks, and somewhere in there make a mortal enemy of Ted Kennedy. So why are Abigail's "memoirs" being sought for publication, and why is she being fiercely protected by an historian named Avery Brennan? Just when Dr. Redmond is convinced that Abigail has finally lost all touch with reality, he discovers that the truth hidden in Abigail's fantasy is the most difficult of all to believe. Abigail's story forces us to examine the blurry line between fact and fiction, between sanity and insanity, and between what we know and what we thought we knew. Visit Abby online at www.abbyphelps.com, and follow her on Twitter @realabbyphelps.