For the Love of a Son

“A heartbreaking journey into every parent's worst nightmare. Scott Oake does us all a public service by unravelling the misconceptions around addiction and recovery. Poignant, and at times, maddening, For the Love of a Son is ultimately a testament to the bonds of family and the unconditional love of a father and husband.” — MELLISSA FUNG, author of Between Good and Evil and the #1 bestseller Under an Afghan Sky  “A gifted communicator, Scott Oake shares the account of a father, son, and family who turn the depths of loss to drug addiction into an unstoppable force for change and recovery.” — ERIN DAVIS, media personality and author of the bestseller Mourning Has Broken: Love, Loss and Reclaiming Joy “There is a reason Scott is our best at inquisition. Humour, compassion, and the right words. Here is the end of all that his beloved son Bruce was. It’s also a beginning.” — RON MACLEAN, Hockey Night in Canada “This is a story of rare courage and resilience, but above all this is a story of a family’s love for their son and brother and their love for all those families facing the horror of addiction.” — MARK J. CHIPMAN, Executive Chairman and Governor, Winnipeg Jets “A moving and heart-rending personal story of a family struggling through addiction and searching for treatment—searching for hope—for their son and brother Bruce.” — GARY DOER, former Premier of Manitoba “Scott Oake offers graphic insight about his son’s tragic and ultimately fatal journey into a world of drug addiction, a world that all our brothers and sisters—Indigenous and non-Indigenous—can relate to and through which many have suffered great personal loss . . . the Oake family are dynamic and proactive in response.” — JIM BEAR, Former Chief of Brokenhead Ojibway Nation