Relative stranger : a sister's life after death / Mary Loudon.
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TextPublication details: Edinburgh : Canongate, 2007.Description: 335 p. ; 20 cmISBN: - 9781841958941 (pbk.) :
- 9781841958941 (pbk.) :
- 823.914 LOU
- RC514
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long Loan | TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Nursing Collection | 823.914 LOU (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 205450 |
Originally published: 2006.
Part One: End; Same place, different place; The sort of phone call everyone dreads; Shock; Anger (and not a little admiration); Grief; Acceptance; Relief; Some things people said when they found out; Dreams and nightmares; words and pictures; Visit to the morgue; Cancer ward; Location, location; The writing on the wall; What is a wardrobe; Weird things that happened, One: Catherine\'s Will; Wried things that happened, Two: The Vanishing; Funeral. Part two: Middle; Afterwards; Beethoven on platform one; In retreat; Stevie; Around and around; Cath; Dropping in; What kind of sister are you?; What kind of sister was I?; The Remains of that day; Telegram; Indian summer, 1973 A father\'s diary; Lost and found; Weird things that happened, Three; The mystery of Frank Sinatra; The family room; Stones unturned. Part three: Begining: A journey\'s end; Now; Disappearances
This is the story of Mary Loudon's search for her dead sister, whom she had not seen for the last 12 years of her life. It provides an explicit account of the devastation that schizophrenia can visit upon a person and their family.