Sickened: The Memoir of a Munchausen by Proxy Childhood - Hardcover

Julie Gregory

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1844134423 ISBN 13: 9781844134427

Publisher: Century / Book Club Associates, 2004

Synopsis

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. This title tells the story of how she survived Munchausen By Proxy (MBP), a form of child abuse forced on her by her mother's madness.

About this title

Review:

"Horrifying but compelling" -- Cosmopolitan

"...highly articulate... Her memories are real, not recovered ...." -- The Times

'Will become one of the books of the year ... she draws a vividly painful picture' -- Glamour

An extraordinary memoir -- Woman and Home

My heart beat too fast from start to finish ... totally unforgettable -- Andrea Ashworth, bestselling author of Once in a House on Fire

One wishes this book could get into the hands of all the suffering children who need it -- Washington Post

This searing and beautiful memoir represents a genuine triumph of the human spirit -- Marc D. Feldman, M.D.

This story of unfathomable child abuse is told with remarkable wit, compassion, and courage. -- Augusten Burroughs, author of Running with Scissors

Book Description:

An international and Sunday Times bestseller, this is the shocking autobiographical story of a childhood lost to a terryfyingly dangerous form of child abuse: at the hands of the victim's own mother. A must-read for fans of A Child Called It

About this edition

• Publisher: Century / Book Club Associates
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1844134423
• ISBN 13: 9781844134427
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 244