Henry Blumberg is a barrister in Toronto. He grew up in South Africa during turbulent times and with his family emigrated to Canada. He has been profoundly concerned about issues of mental health and served on the executive board of the Foundation of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health for nearly ten years.Henry Blumberg‘s writing reflects his multifaceted life. He has also drawn on his legal experience dating from his admission as a lawyer in South Africa, the challenges of immigration with his family to Toronto, his re-qualification, and subsequent practice as a barrister in Canada for more than three decades. While he and his wife celebrated the birth of their four sons and nine grandchildren, as a family they mourned the tragic death of their two-year-old granddaughter and later the heartbreaking loss of the youngest son at thirty five by suicide."Sean Left Quietly: A Father’s Memoir", forms the first of a trilogy. His second book, is set during the Covid-19 lockdown. It draws on his many reminiscences and links past historical events to present political situations where distortions of reality have often led to persistent attacks on democracy and the rise of fascism. His third memoir deals with his quest to find family in Eastern Europe. After decades of research and considerable travel he happily embraced cousins who survived the death marches and concentration camps. He also discovered and re-united with family world-wide who had left Europe before the Nazi onslaught.Read more about this authorRead less about this author