The Book of Malcolm: My Son's Life with Schizophrenia - Paperback

by Fraser Sutherland (Author), Carmine Starnino (Foreword by), John Pepall (Afterword by)

A memoir of a family's resilience and its odyssey through the medical system, and an attempt to give dignity and meaning to a life cut mysteriously short. Fraser Sutherland, the late Canadian poet, wrote this memoir after his son, Malcolm, died suddenly at twenty-six after having suffered from schizophrenia.

Author Biography

Fraser Sutherland (1946-2021) was the author of seventeen previous books of poetry and essays. He was a widely respected critic, editor, and lexicographer. Originally from Pictou, Nova Scotia, he lived for periods in Montreal, Toronto, Sarajevo, British Columbia, Scotland, Portugal, and China.