The Writer - by Norm Foster (Paperback)

About the Book

"Donald Wellner knew success when he wrote a hit play thirty-five years ago, but now he's recently separated, living in a small apartment, and promising that he's trying to start a new script. His fortysomething son Blake is a travel writer with commitment issues who pops by between trips to try to hold his family together and prove his worth. Over seven years, Donald experiences the onset of dementia, and father and son become both closer and farther apart. This story of familial bonds provides delightfully comical and satisfyingly sentimental clarity in those small moments that will last forever."--

Book Synopsis

Donald Wellner knew success when he wrote a hit play thirty-five years ago, but now he's recently separated, living in a small apartment, and promising that he's trying to start a new script. His fortysomething son Blake is a travel writer with commitment issues who pops by between trips to try to hold his family together and prove his worth. Over seven years, Donald experiences the onset of dementia, and father and son become both closer and farther apart.

Review Quotes

"The play is comic in the broadest sense of the word since it is so alive to the ironies of life and it views human life with such compassion. Over the years Foster has been pushing the boundaries of the kinds of plays he writes. The Writer has an undeniable air of greatness about it." --Christopher Hoile, Stage Door

About the Author

Norm Foster has been called Canada's pre-eminent comic playwright. Norm has sixty-two plays to his credit, including The Foursome, Jonas and Barry in the Home, On A First Name Basis, The Love List, Outlaw, Lunenburg, Hilda's Yard, Renovations For Six, Halfway There, and The Ladies Foursome. He is the recipient of the Los Angeles Drama-Logue Award for his play The Melville Boys and is an Officer of the Order of Canada. He lives in Fredericton.