Sarah Jacob: The Girl Who Lived on Air by Stephen Wade

Sarah Jacob: The Girl Who Lived on Air

Stephen Wade

180 pages first pub 2013 (view editions)

nonfiction dark informative medium-paced
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Though not the first anorexic, Sarah Jacob, “the Welsh fasting girl,” was arguably the first to cause a national uproar when she dominated the press in 1869, becoming something of a celebrity. Despite a team of nurses from Guy’s Hospital stationed...

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