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Chargement... A Mother's Trial (édition 1990)par Nancy Wright (Auteur)
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A MOTHER'S TRIAL - paperback print edition - by Nancy WrightFACT: Priscilla and Steve Phillips adopt a Korean baby. Shortly afterwards little Tia begins developing strange symptoms. In and out of the hospital for months, she finally succumbs. Cause of death: unknown.FACT: The Phillipses adopt a second Korean infant named Mindy. Once again the same symptoms develop. Near death, the child is taken away to intensive care, away from any interaction with her mother. The child recovers.FACT: Mindy is removed from the Phillipses' home. Months later she is adopted by a new couple. After a few weeks in her new home, she falls ill once again.As far as anyone knew, Priscilla Phillips was the perfect mother: A pillar of her church, a social worker, a devoted wife and loving mother of two sons of her own. Priscilla lavished endless love and attention on little Tia, and later on her sister Mindy. To this day she claims total innocence of any wrongdoing.Yet she was arrested and tried for murder. Was she a mother who literally loved her children to death? A woman so desperate to be needed that she'd take any risk, pay any price?Here is her incredible true story. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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I have read a lot of books about Münchhausen by proxy syndrome and Priscilla fits very well into the mold of women who "suffer" from that.
In the book they said there was only 1 case like hers but nowadays we know many women act like her. Are constantly in the hospital, have a lot of control, want a lot of control and a huge need for attention.
Also it was obvious that the child stopped being as sick as she was once Priscilla was out of the picture. That is proof enough for me.
Mindy was able to go to school, well when she was with Priscilla she send nearly her whole life in hospital so I do not understand why people think she is innocent.
No that's not true. I do understand because it is of the way this book was written.
I did enjoy the read though. ( )