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'A disturbing yet compelling read.', Best Magazine .'...compelling and painful memoir...Her extraordinary tale manages to be both horrifying and yet ultimately uplifting.', Sainsbury's Magazine
Andrea Ashworth, bestselling author of Once in a House on Fire
My heart beat too fast from start to finish ... totally unforgettable
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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is an amazingly honest book in which the reader shares the heart-rending agonies of an atrociously abused child. I was absolutely gripped from the beginning and will carry the memories of the horror and the heroism for a long time. Julie Gregory has a style which enables the reader to walk beside her and witness 1st hand the traumas of her childhood. With an amazingly forgiving and non-judgemental recall, she allows the reader to view her life through the eyes of her mother/abuser and herself. A fantastic read but be warned, you may not be able to tear yourself away!
13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
It's hard to imagine (being a mother myself) how any mother can put her child through such an ordeal. I read the book in a weekend and although I did feel 'sickened' at what the mother was doing, I felt such admiration for Julie Gregory who, after all her mother out her through, just wanted her love and approval. The relationship she had with her father and brother was severly tainted by her Mother's absolute insistance that her daughter was ill. The most haunting part of the book for me was the fact that she has been allowed to get away with it again with her foster daughter. Julie Gregory is campaigning to make more people, social workers, doctors etc.. aware of MBP and should be supported, after all she went through as a child!
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Through the horrowing details of the painful childhood, of going without food, and hustled from one Doctor to another....you would think that this child would have climbed in to an inner shell and never stepped back out to the light of day. Instead, what you find is inspiration. A child that realizes what is happening and takes the steps slowly to push away from the painful past and start her life anew. Amazing book.
Also recommended: Nightmares Echo by Katlyn Stewart,A Child Called It by David Pelzer
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"It was usually after Mom slipped the little white pill under my...
Julie Gregory describes her life as a child forced to be ill by a mother who craved the attention of medical professionals. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Eileen Shaw
CERTAINLY OPENS YOUR EYES
First of all this isn't your usual abused child book,though i wouldn't say it's as good as say CHILD CALLED IT or the fantasticly written STREET KID,it's not really a fair... Read more
Published 9 months ago by BAZ316
not that good a read if im honest
i always read stories about peoples lives, especially ones about people who have been through difficulties and abuse in their lives and come out the other end. Read more
Published 15 months ago by hello
A sad tale
I spotted this book in our staff room and thought I'd give it a go. This is a very honest story told by Julie Gregory. Read more
Published 23 months ago by Mrs. S. Payne
Sickened
"This is the true story of a girl suffering a Childhood of Munchausen by Proxy (MBP). This is when a Guardian usually the Mother creates or induces a health problem in her child... Read more
Published on 4 Mar 2010 by John Harrison
Sickening
Julie Gregory tells the harrowing story of her childhood in a way that had me gripped. Dragged from one doctor to the next by a mother with MBP, the poor little girl suffered so... Read more
Published on 1 Aug 2009 by love2read
A whole new dimension of child abuse.
This book certainly sickened me. The strange thing is, how on earth do intelligent doctors/nurses get drawn in by these manipulative mothers..? Read more
Published on 22 April 2008 by Leeds lass
brilliantly brought to light!!
I had to review this book for the simple fact that firstly for someone who has no education in journalism or has never wrote a book before,julie gregory has done a fantastic job in... Read more
Published on 24 Mar 2008 by Mrs. Leanne Jowitt
I just can't like it :( .....
I think it's more that I just feel uncomfortable reading books like this. I read it as it was recommended by a friend. Read more
Published on 9 Jan 2008 by J. Julian
Haunting
If you are reading this review, please purchase a copy of this book and read it. This story needs to be heard. And, it's really not just Julie's story anymore. Read more
Published on 1 Jan 2008 by Kendra
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