Sickened (Soft): The memoir of a Munchausen by proxy childhood
by Julie Gregory
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 186325482X
- ISBN 13
- 9781863254823
- Seller
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Katoomba, New South Wales, Australia
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Synopsis
The massive Top Ten bestseller - now in paperbackA young girl is perched on the cold chrome of yet another doctor's examining table, missing yet another day of school. Just twelve, she's tall, skinny, and weak. It's four o'clock, and she hasn't been allowed to eat anything all day. Her mother, on the other hand, seems curiously excited. She's about to suggest open-heart surgery on her child to 'get to the bottom of this.' She checks her teeth for lipstick and, as the doctor enters, shoots the girl a warning glance. This child will not ruin her plans. From early childhood, Julie Gregory was continually X-rayed, medicated, and operated on-in the vain pursuit of an illness that was created in her mother's mind. Munchausen by Proxy (MBP) is the world's most hidden and dangerous form of child abuse, but Julie Gregory not only survived, she escaped the powerful orbit of her mother's madness and rebuilt her identity as a vibrant, healthy young woman.
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- Bookseller
- Mr Pickwick's Fine Old Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- RB11240
- Title
- Sickened (Soft): The memoir of a Munchausen by proxy childhood
- Author
- Julie Gregory
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 186325482X
- ISBN 13
- 9781863254823
- Publisher
- Bantam
- Place of Publication
- Australia
- Date Published
- 2003
- Keywords
- BZDB1 Biography & Autobiography; Medicine & Health. ISBN: 186325482X EAN: 9781863254823 Julie Gregory Sickened (Soft): The memoir of a Munchausen by proxy childhood
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