Forever Changed

by Cheri Helstrom

Richie Scott grew up in the small prairie town of Alameda, Saskatchewan in the 1920s and Dirty Thirties. He was the youngest son of seven children born to Ricahrd Herbert Scott, a well-established businessman and first mayor of Alameda, and Myrtle Scott (McNaughton) of Wawanesa, Manitoba. Forever Changed, written by RItchie's daughter, Cheri Helstrom, is told through Richie's eyes, taking the reader from rural Saskatchewan to the north, to eastern Canada (Toronto), across the Atlantic to Britain, to the battlefields of Italy during the Second World War, to an English military hospital and, finally, home to Canada. The story centres around major, traumatic events in Ritchie's life which led him to sign up for military duty when he was nineteen. The resulting post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) had far-reaching effects physically, emotionally, and socially. Forever Changed honours Ritchie's life and times and celebrates his accomplishments.

128 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2015