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A modern investigation into the Victorian-era case of a young woman who claimed to have survived for twelve years without food discusses the journalism practices of the time, the complexities of eating disorders, the theories of Darwin, and the scientific process of fasting. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.

Hardcover:

9780756782429, titled "Fasting Girl: A True Victorian Medical Mystery" | Diane Pub Co, July 30, 2002, cover price $24.00 | About this edition: A modern investigation of the case of a young Victorian woman who claimed to have survived for twelve years without food.
9781585421350 | J P Tarcher, March 1, 2002, cover price $23.95 | About this edition: The true account of Mollie Fancher, who, in 1865, was plagued with a vast array of ailments including paralysis and trances, all of which caused her to 'live on air' for the rest of her life.

Paperback:

9781585422487 | Reprint edition (J P Tarcher, October 1, 2003), cover price $13.95 | About this edition: A modern investigation into the Victorian-era case of a young woman who claimed to have survived for twelve years without food discusses the journalism practices of the time, the complexities of eating disorders, the theories of Darwin, and the scientific process of fasting.

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Product Description: Something has happened to food in America. It is no longer simply food-- filling, good-tasting, life-sustaining. Rather, it is "fat free" or "high in fiber" or "loaded with calories"-- it is an enemy that will steal life away, or a savior that will prolong it...read more

Hardcover:

9780671767549 | Simon & Schuster, April 1, 1994, cover price $22.00 | About this edition: An analysis of American cultural attitudes toward the things we eat explores America's unique love-hate relationship with food and the current belief that food can kill or cure us

Paperback:

9780671501013 | Reprint edition (Touchstone Books, April 1, 1995), cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Something has happened to food in America.

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