Elisabeth Anderson

A stranger to oneself

Wendy Mitchell was diagnosed at the age of 58. Three years on, she still manages to make something positive of her condition

  • Somebody I Used To Know

    Wendy Mitchell and Anna Wharton

    Bloomsbury, pp. 320

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