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ISBN:
9783404615926 (3404615921)
Edition language: Deutsch
Category:
Non Fiction,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
Biography,
Adult,
Health,
Medical,
Sociology,
Biography Memoir,
Psychology,
Mental Health,
Mental Illness,
Abuse
This book had caught my eye on the library shelves a while back, but I think at the time I was already reading too many books at once (as per usual!). I bumped into it again during a random browse and decided to check it out lest I forget. Julie Gregory was an adult before she heard of Munchausen...
Julie Gregory to zwyczajna dziewczyna. Taka jak każda z nas pięciolatka, później nastolatka. Coś jednak różni ją od innych dzieci. Otóż Julie Gregory ma nienormalne dzieciństwo, zgotowane przez równie nienormalnych rodziców. Ojciec ma stwierdzoną chorobę psychiczną. Zespół Münchhausena to choroba, n...
Sickened by the absence of loveMunchhausen by Proxy is probably one of the most perfidious forms of child abuse. In most cases it's the mother that purposefully makes her child (or children) sick, mentally and/or physically - just so that she can bathe in the attention, the admiration and praiseful ...
This was painful to read. You find out mid-way through the book that Julie's mother seemed to have suffered abuse as a child too, but at that point it was too late for me to feel anything but disgust for her and her behavior. This is to say nothing of her father, abusive, mentally unstable and unabl...
Really amazing book. She told her story clearly and believably, with way less self pity than you'd expect. Shocking lack of whining, all things considered. And as an added bonus, she's just an extremely talented writer in every way.