Title: Relative stranger
Description: Mary Loudon's eldest sister, Catherine, was a schizophrenic who withdrew from her family before her death from cancer, aged 47. Mary was determined to find out what happened during the missing years and discovered that her sister had lived her last eight years as a man called Stevie, in a state of chaos in a council flat in Bristol. This is a heartrending account of the devastation that schizophrenia can visit upon a family.
Subjects: Sisters, Schizophrenics, Families, Family, Biography
Places: England
People: Mary Loudon (1966-)