Recently she started a column saying: "It took a lot of guts to write this book." Which would have gotten my attention even if she weren't related to me.
The book Our Voices: First Person Accounts of Schizophrenia is written by five people who are in treatment. The idea is to get rid of some of the stigma of the illness by busting myths and showing what the experience is and the competence of some who have it. The five decided to use their real names. That was the second gutsy move after writing it.
