This is the true story of an American physician's tragic Thanksgiving in Managua, Nicaragua searching for his son Benjamin who was abducted by the U.S. embassy in Nicaragua. Dr. Mangold endured multiple assaults and robberies during his search and eventually ended up in an Immigration detention center while the embassy flew in his ex-wife to pick up Ben. Michael Mangold M.D. and Ben were pawns in a cosmic chess game between U.S. government officials and Mike's Nemesis. All he had was a handful of Cordobas and the truth against an unlimited amount of money and power. It is the "Story of Job" without an overcompensating God, and "The Odyssey" without the love and support of an awaiting Penelope. It is a true tale of good and evil and how the evil that people do has consequences for eternity.

Alone, broke, and abandoned by family and friends, this true story relates how Michael Mangold MD survived being homeless in Nicaragua by using his wits and at times doing the "unthinkable." With help from unexpected sources like a Roman Catholic priest in Esteli and Mormon missionaries in Leon, Desperately Seeking Cereal also describes how those who are entrusted to serve the needy and desperate often do so at a cost. If at all. The book is a sequel to My Worst Thanksgiving Ever and the fourth in Dr. Mangold's "Bridges" series. It is a tale of ugliness and beauty, of evil and good, and how all are to be found in the least expected sources.

What would YOU do if your spouse used the police and courts to abuse you? What would YOU do if your child was abducted in a foreign country? How would YOU survive in a foreign country without access to money or the support of family and friends? Worst Thanksgiving Ever Trilogy starts with Mythomania: A Psychodrama which describes what it is like to live in a Miniature Sick Society and how that sickness pervades our own society. My Worst Thanksgiving Ever is the story of Dr. Mangold's tragic Thanksgiving in Managua searching for his son Ben who was abducted by the U.S. embassy. Mangold endured multiple muggings during his search and was eventually imprisoned in an Immigration detention center while the embassy flew in his wife to pick up Ben. Desperately Seeking Cereal is the sequel to "Thanksgiving." Alone, broke, and abandoned by family and friends, this true story relates how Michael Mangold MD survived being homeless in Nicaragua by using his wits and at times doing the "unthinkable."

How can we lead sane lives in a world gone mad? How do we create a sane world when we are sick ourselves? Dr. Mangold interweaves politics, medicine, and psychology in a real-life account of how he was broken by forces fueled by fear and lies. This heart-felt and transparent account takes us on a personal journey into a world that is flying upside and on the verge of crashing soon. This true story recounts the struggles Dr. Mangold faced not only from an uncaring and unforgiving government but also from a wife whose own psycho-pathologies prevented her from performing the two tasks he needed so desperately during those struggles: love and support. It is more than an account of persecution and victimization. It is a story of falling and discovering that the rescue rope had been severed by those entrusted to throw it in the first place.