The Fasting Girl: A True Victorian Medical Mystery

The Fasting Girl: A True Victorian Medical Mystery image
ISBN-10:

1585422487

ISBN-13:

9781585422487

Author(s): Stacey, Michelle
Released: Sep 29, 2003
Publisher: Tarcher
Format: Paperback, 352 pages
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Description:

A modern investigation into the Victorian-era case of a young woman who claimed to have survived for twelve years without food discusses the journalism practices of the time, the complexities of eating disorders, the theories of Darwin, and the scientific process of fasting. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.


























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