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Bezig met laden... The Fasting Girl: A True Victorian Medical Mystery (2002)door Michelle Stacey
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. I found the story of Mollie Fancher interesting, though frustrating. I wish we could have gotten some real answers as to how she was doing the things she claimed to do. The book was also interesting from a historical standpoint, especially for someone who lives in Brooklyn. Mollie is buried in the cemetery a few blocks from my apartment, I will definitely have to seek out her grave on my next visit. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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During the Victorian age-a time when even respectable newspapers had a tabloid edge-some of the world's most renowned and controversial celebrities were women who could allegedly abstain from eating for months or even years at a time. In The Fasting Girl, acclaimed journalist Michelle Stacey tells the story of Mollie Fancher, a young Brooklyn woman who became "the most famous sick person in the world" because of her claim to have lived for more than a decade without food. Lauded by Entertainment Weeklyas one of the top ten books of 2002 and compared by the Chicago Tribune to Simon Winchester's The Professor and the Madman, this elegantly written, compulsively readable cultural history intertwines topics as diverse as eating disorders, Charles Darwin, and the nature of entertainment and celebrity. "Mystic, hysteric, anorexic, or freak, Mollie Fancher was only one thing for sure: a hunger artist who played her audience for decades," wrote The Village Voice. "It took a probing writer like Stacey to give her a riveting second run." Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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The story is fun at first but gets a little dry in the middle. Like the author states at the almost end --- there's not a lot on record about this story. Maybe not the best choice for a full length book as it contains lots of of filler: biographical details about minor players, lots of repetition, tons of historical bits that, while interesting, have nothing to do with Mollie.
Still I'm glad I read it and I will keep it for my permanent collection as reference. ( )