by Julie Gregory, Katharina Förs, Barbara Steckhan
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...
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.
While reading this book I had a bunch of different emotions. Anger, sadness, heartache, bewilderment. I don't know how anyone could not realize what was going on with Julie and stop it. The abuse she had to go through growing up is unreal. My heart goes out to her. I'm glad she was able to grow up a...
I picked this book up at the library yesterday afternoon and finished it in the same day. It was a fascinating and terrifying story that I didn't want to put down.Julie Gregory, in a bold voice, tells the story of her life as a victim of Munchausen's syndrome by proxy. Much is written about the pa...
Interesting story of a girl whose mother puts her through a lot of torture because she's suffering from Munchausen's by Proxy. It's scary how easily her mother continued to persecute her through time and how no-one really noticed that it was happening.Interesting read, scary stuff, of interest to th...
Münchhausen's by Proxy.
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