So I'm back on track with my non-fiction reading. In this case, Sickened is a memoir about a girl who lived for over twenty years being poisoned and manipulated by her mother, only discovering the truth when she started to pick up the pieces of her life on her own. She was taking an abnormal psychology class and heard about Munchausen by Proxy (MBP) and had an awakening.
Julie Gregory tells her frightening and fascinating tale through her memories and if it's possible to believe, the MBP experience is only one of the horrors she experiences. She also remembers the charming moments of her childhood, those that may still seem frightening to the outsider but those that warmed her and shaped her. There were good days too.
I was looking to learn more substantive information about MBP when I read this, since it has come up in a few different articles and things that I've read recently. This isn't a reference book, but it is a really well written memoir that gives some insight into the experience of a child affected by MBP. I definitely want to keep learning about this amazing disorder and am very glad that Julie Gregory put together such an interesting perspective on her life.
Julie Gregory tells her frightening and fascinating tale through her memories and if it's possible to believe, the MBP experience is only one of the horrors she experiences. She also remembers the charming moments of her childhood, those that may still seem frightening to the outsider but those that warmed her and shaped her. There were good days too.
I was looking to learn more substantive information about MBP when I read this, since it has come up in a few different articles and things that I've read recently. This isn't a reference book, but it is a really well written memoir that gives some insight into the experience of a child affected by MBP. I definitely want to keep learning about this amazing disorder and am very glad that Julie Gregory put together such an interesting perspective on her life.
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