Hmmmm... The subject itself was fascinating, a look inside of a MBP child. It amazes me what she went through, the lying for her mother, trying to constantly be loved. I felt that it could have used a good editor, I felt several things were skipped or left out or just dropped. I would also liked to know more, as "sick" as it seems on my part, as to HOW her mother did what she did - what was the white "headache" pill? How on earth did she fool the doctors with the heart problems? I got the impression, although it was spelled out, that HER mother did the same type of thing - what is the author's relationship with her mom now? It left too many unanswered questions... hmmm... worth a read, but heartbreaking.

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Absolutely fascinating story of a girl growing up in an abusive family with a mother who has Munchausen by Proxy. The girl lives for years being starved and in other ways sickened so that her mother can get the attention from medical professions that she craves. I read this in one sitting.

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An extremely sad but compelling story. Based on the authors actual life about living with a mother who has Munchausen by proxy (she makes her daughter think she is sick).

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I found the book interesting, and quite disturbing. It is amazing that such things happen and nobody notices.

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I thought it was pretty poorly written for the most part. It is disjointed and parts don't really make sense. I don't think she's lying about anything but some of the stories didn't quite add up, it may just be the weird writing style. It really falls apart when she gets to her adulthood, it moves even more into incomplete phrases and things that don't make sense. You can't come from that much crazy and be normal yourself so I give her due credit but it really is an incomplete story.

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Unfortunately the books was very poorly written, though the subject is fascinating.
I don't think she's exagerating about her experiences but the stories didn't quite add up, it may just be the weird writing style. The book staggers around and is such a hardship to read. It is sad that it does not invoke the kind of feelings in the reader she obviously wanted to. Her storytelling reads like a dry UN report on the atrocities comited in some foreign country we barely heard off but cant quite bring our selves to care that much, no matter how horrible they might be, though we are appalled by them. It is disjointed and parts don't really make sense. It really falls apart when she gets to her adulthood, it moves even more into incomplete phrases and things that don't make sense.

Im sorry for being so critical but has she done better job of telling her story this book had the potencional to be amazing!

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I could not put this book down so emotion in this book and the sad thing is it is a true story of a young lady. If she writes a sequel to this book I am going to buy it immediately.

I can not believe also that a mother is the predator on her own child. How could a parent do such things to a child just to get attention. This disease is a true disease that needs to be looked into more "Munchausen by Proxy".

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very good

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