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#68 Sickened by Julie Gregory 244 pages
The abuse described in this books is very horrible even to think about. It increases the awareness of Munchausen by proxy. I wonder why so many professionals: doctors, teachers, social workers, etc. did not help this child. I read The Glass Castle: A ... ... reading this series in order now. Found this book on inter-library loan.
I am reading something much more serious now: Sickened by Julie Gregory. It is memoir of a girl whose mother had Munchausen by Proxy. As with all cases of child abuse, it is a frightening story. 176. Sickened by Julie Gregory My list of books to look at/buy is now in my library under, appropriately enough, Wish List. ... .
The Third Angel by Alice Hoffman - 3 stars, 3 stories that were very loosely related to a Hotel in London. Average
Sickened by Julie Gregory - 4 stars, heartbreaking story of one girls horrible treatment by her mother. As a parent I find it amazing that people can do this to their ... Book No. 44
Sickened: The True Story of a Lost Childhood by Julie Gregory
4 stars
Julie Gregory grew up in an abusive household with a mother that constantly told her she was sick and what her symptons were. Julie was starved, beaten, and taken out of school for doctor's visits and ... 49. Sickened by Julie Gregory
Finished 7 March 2009. Let me just say again that recommendations rock my world! I've been working my way through my library pile (see post 28). Sickened was really interesting and Stiff was morbidly delightful. You Suck was definitely - as stephmo said - a good time, exactly what I've come to expect from Moore. ... You've read some pretty emotionally challenging books! I want to read Sickened; thanks for mentioning it. That's what I love about LT. I'm not reading as many books in this category anymore so probably would have missed it. 2.1 Sickened: The True Story of a Lost Childhood by Julie Gregory; started 1/30/09; finished 2/2/09 ... with the following armload so these ones will be up next:
What is the What
You Suck
The Last Cato
Bookends
Sickened
Stiff
...
Dewey has a huge waiting list at my local library so I might save that one for later in the year but I will try to find Sickened.
I can't recall if I have read Memory and Dream or not. In high school I read almost everything by CdL I could get my hands on but the result is that many of ... ... enjoyed last year was Dewey, which was very close to me on a personal level. Another nonfiction book I've read is Sickened: The Memoir of a Munchausen by Proxy Childhood which really changed the way I think about some things.
For a fantasy I will recommend Memory and Dream. I ... ... will fall, Her last death, Small miracles of the holocaust, Not the girl next door, marilyn Monroe: My story, Sickened, My sister's keeper, Under and Alone, Change of heart, The Wedding (by Nicolas Sparks),Blue Dahlia (by Nora Roberts) Black Rose ( 2nd book in trilogy ), ... ... Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
Best science fiction: The Margarets by Sheri S. Tepper
Best memoir: Lost, a Memoir by Cathy Ostlere
Best comfort read: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
Best collection of letters: ... ... posted) *
5. Behind the Mask...No More by Byron Nease 3 stars (Completed 4/09)
6. Sickened:The Memoir of a Munchausen by Proxy Childhood by Julie Gregory *
7. Annie's Ghosts: A Journey into a Family Secret by Steve Luxenberg 5 stars (C ... ... Ma'am (Non-Fiction)
1. Sex, Science and Stem Cells - Diana DeGette (4) 1/28/09
2. Sickened - Julie Gregory (4, 7) 2/10/09
3. Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers - Mary Roach (4, 7) 2/18/09
4. Gor ... ... Venerable John Neumann: Spiritual Architect for Millions by Joseph A. Manton, C.SS.R.
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2.1 Sickened: The True Story of a Lost Childhood by Julie Gregory
2.2 Right-Brained Children in a Left-Brained World: Unlocking the Potential of Your ADD Child by Jeffrey F ... The books I've completed for my 50-Books Challenge are listed first in the order read. The remaining books include: Books I've bought and haven't read yet, some books I want to finish, plus books recommended by other LT-ers. I was going to wait until Jan. 1st to begin, but I got snowed in, so m ... ... - 4 stars
6. Woman of valor : Margaret Sanger and the birth control movement in America: Ellen Chesler
7. Sickened : the story of a Munchausen By Proxy childhood: Julie Gregory - 4 stars
8. Naked by David Sedaris - 3 stars
9. Zoya's Story ... I sent off Sickened: The Memoir of a Munchausen by Proxy Childhood by Julie Gregory to a moocher in Oklahoma today. Finished Sickened: The Memoir of a Munchausen by Proxy Childhood by Julie Gregory. Quite disturbing and moving... I couldn't put it down.
Starting Airframe now, by the late Michael Chrichton.
... and Trusting Doctors: The Decline of Moral Authority in American Medicine by Jonathan Imber.
#131 - I read Sickened several years ago, as I have seen a handful of cases of MSBP and was interested in the subject. This book was written when we didn't know much about MSBP, but it ... ... from that sort of book.
I think what I need is something a bit more substantial. I perused my shelves and picked out Sickened: The Memoir of a Munchausen by Proxy Childhood by Julie Gregory. Not exactly a cheerful choice, but it sounded interesting so, here goes....
#23 lefty:
You're always welcome! ;)
I don't think she'd worry about that. I still have her book, Sickened, but she has my copy of A Little Princess. ... by Haven Kimmel
Slow Way Home by Michael Morris
A Perfect Divorce by Avery Corman
Three Women by Marge Piercy
Sickened: The Memoir of a Munchausen by Proxy Childhood by Julie Gregory
Now I need to find this book:
How To Build Ceiling to Floor, Wall To Wall Bookshelves For Dum ... 6, 7
The Glass Castle is phenomenal. Another that reminds me of it, although on a slightly different topic, is Sickened: the memoir of a Munchausen by proxy childhood by Julie Gregory although, according to my sister-in-law, there is evidently some controversy around that one. 18. Sickened by Julie Gregory - an excellently written book about Munchausen by proxy. Very difficult to read in many places but I highly recommend it. I finished Sickened last night - actually stayed up way too late finishing it. It was very good and extremely disturbing. I am about to begin Interpreter of Maladies which I have been looking forward to for some time now. I finished The Book of Lost Things last night and absolutely loved it! I started Sickened by Julie Gregory, a memoir about Munchausen by proxy, which I find absolutely fascinating but thoroughly disturbing and kind of like The Glass Castle. So far, this girl's childhood by even be ... ... The Salem Witchcraft Trials
Marya Hornbacher: Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia
Julie Gregory: Sickened: The Memoir of a Munchausen by Proxy Childhood
YA:
Neil Gaiman: Stadust
Frances Hardinge: Fly By Night
No idea where to place: I finished Julie Gregor's Sickened on Friday night and this morning have started reading Gregory Maguire's What-the-Dickens: The Story of a Rogue Tooth Fairy. I hope I can finish it before midnight tomorrow! I hate beginning a year in the middle of a book. ... :
I think it's possible that some people like that one best of the series. :)
I just started reading Julie Gregory's Sickened.
Edited because tags weren't working. ... mostly are, but I just borrowed one that I'm going to start reading tomorrow. It's by Julie Gregory and is called Sickened: the memoir of a Munchausen by proxy childhood. #170: Sickened by Julie Gregory
A memoir about growing up with a mother who has Munchausen by proxy; the author's mother took her from doctor to doctor in search of a disease she didn't actually have, to the point of even suggesting unncessary heart surgery be done. As if that weren't enough, ... ... - Jasper Fford
16. Howl's Moving Castle - Diana Wynne Jones
17. Vanishing Acts - Jodi Picoult
18. Sickened - Julie Gregory
19. The Devil Wears Prada - Lauren Weisberger
20. Daughter of the Forest - Juliet Marillier
21. Thin Skin - Emma Forrest ... Autobiography of a Face is in my to-read pile, along with Sickened. I will look for Lessons in Taxidermy as well, it looks great. It comes recommended by Michelle Tea and that's enough to sell me. (Valencia and The Chelsea Whistle are multiple reads for me).
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