Article: Mother who lost a fifth of her life; PENARTH: Author unable to write while questions about her daughter's death remain unanswered.(News)

Byline: TONY TRAINOR

AWARD-WINNING author CarolAnn Courtney has spoken for the first time of the anger and pain she has suffered since the death of her daughter Kirstie-Ann earlier this year.

Mrs Courtney, 56, whose autobiographical novel Morphine and Dolly Mixtures became an acclaimed film starring Patrick Bergin, has not put pen to paper since losing her daughter.

The Penarth-based writer is haunted by the circumstances of the death and says the subsequent police investigation raised unanswered questions.

Kirstie-Ann, a 29-year-old ...

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