The Welsh Fasting Girl by Varley O'Connor

The Welsh Fasting Girl

Varley O'Connor

351 pages first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction historical challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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Twelve-year-old Sarah Jacob was the most famous of the Victorian fasting girls, who claimed to miraculously survive without food, serving as flashpoints between struggling religious, scientific, and political factions. In this novel based on Sarah...

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