{"product_id":"the-welsh-fasting-girl","title":"The Welsh Fasting Girl","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Varley O'Connor\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTitle:\u003c\/b\u003e The Welsh Fasting Girl\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber Of Pages:\u003c\/b\u003e 351\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 2019\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for the Previous Novels of Varley O'Connor\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Thoroughly researched and lively.\" --\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Elegantly wrought, hardheaded, and tenderhearted.\" --\u003cb\u003eMichael Chabon\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Honesty and compassion inform every page, and there are passages so musical and full of grace they read like hymns. Reading groups should rejoice.\" --\u003cb\u003eSigrid Nunez\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"[O'Connor] captures the dangerous intersection between private life and the forces of history . . . and gives the reader that rare pleasure of inhabiting another family life that feels at once entirely familiar and new.\" --\u003cb\u003eSusan Richards Shreve\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTwelve-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's life and premature death from what may be the first documented case of anorexia, an American journalist, recovering from her husband's death in the Civil War, leaves her home and children behind to travel to Wales, where she investigates Sarah's bizarre case by becoming the young girl's friend and confidante. Unable to prevent the girl's tragic decline while doctors, nurses, and a local priest keep watch, she documents the curious family dynamic, the trial that convicted Sarah's parents, and an era's hysterical need to both believe and destroy Sarah's seemingly miraculous power.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntense, dark, and utterly compelling, \u003ci\u003eThe Welsh Fasting Girl\u003c\/i\u003e delves into the complexities of a true story to understand how a culture's anxieties led to the murder of a child.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVarley O'Connor\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of five novels, including \u003ci\u003eThe Welsh Fasting Girl\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Master's Muse\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Cure\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Cleveland Heights, Ohio.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEAN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781942658627\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePackage Dimensions:\u003c\/b\u003e Height: 7.4 Inches, Length: 5 Inches, Weight: 0.75 Pounds, Width: 1.1 Inches\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguages:\u003c\/b\u003e en\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Varley O'Connor","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53794846114099,"sku":"9781942658627","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0949\/3636\/7411\/files\/18396863482879.jpg?v=1785906039","url":"https:\/\/bookabaloo.com\/products\/the-welsh-fasting-girl","provider":"Bookabaloo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}