The Fasting Girl: A True Victorian Medical Mystery - Hardcover

Stacey, Michelle

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1585421359 ISBN 13: 9781585421350

Verlag: Tarcherperigree, 2002

Inhaltsangabe

Book by Stacey Michelle

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Reseña del editor:

The riveting true account of Mollie Fancher, who, in 1865, was plagued with a vast array of ailments including paralysis and trances, all of which caused her to "live on air" for the rest of her life, examines such intriguing phemonena as fasting saints and the dawn of the Age of Neurosis, detailing the social and technoligical turmoil of the time. 20,000 first printing.

Biografía del autor:

Michelle Stacey, the author of Consumed: Why Americans Love, Hate, and Fear Food, is a journalist who writes extensively for publications including The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, and Allure.

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• Verlag: Tarcherperigree
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1585421359
• ISBN 13: 9781585421350
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 336