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[Messaili] describes an environment that is coercive, punitive, and shaped to cater to doctors' egos rather than patients' needs. Instead of being listened to, Ferid [Messaili's son] is drugged into submission... those who have tried to navigate the labyrinthine and under-resourced mental health system will find validation in [her] words. -Anne Theriault, Quill & Quire This is an important book for those that are on both sides of the mental health equation. It shows what a grieving parent goes through ( We grieve twice she tells us) as they come up against a system that just does not work. -James Fisher, The Miramichi Reader

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Aleshia Jensen is a French-to-English translator and former bookseller. Her translations include Explosions by Mathieu Poulin, which was a finalist for Canada' 2018 Governor General's Literary Award for translation, Prague by Maude Veilleux, co-translated with Aimee Wall, as well as graphic novels by Julie Delporte, Catherine Ocelot, Axelle Lenoir and Max de Radiguès. Sadia Messaili was born in Morocco and is a primary school teacher and special needs educator in Montreal. She describes her personal journey as that of ""a good immigrant wherever she has lived: Algeria, Croatia, Austria and finally, Montreal, Quebec."" Her first book about forced migratory wandering is titled, La route de la dignité.

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