Four Umbrellas

A fresh perspective on a story about Alzheimer’s, bending the usual caretaker narrative to enfold the voice of the person with the disease A husband and wife set out to document their story after he is diagnosed with Young Onset Alzheimer's June narrates the overall story, which is punctuated with Tony's observations Tony was a regular columnist for Financial Post and wrote for newspapers across Canada June has published two novels, and teaches writing workshops at Simon Fraser, University of British Columbia, and Langara The cover echoes a poignant story about an early sign of Tony's Alzheimer’s: when packing for a trip, he loaded four umbrellas into his suitcase