{"product_id":"anorexias-fallen-angel","title":"Anorexias Fallen Angel","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom Amazon Anorexia's Fallen Angel contains all the ingredients of an irresistible read: a baffling disease that overwhelmingly afflicts the young and gifted, promises of a miracle cure, whistle-blowing insiders, and the personality cult surrounding a charismatic leader. Journalist Barbara McLintock tells the tale of Peggy Claude-Pierre, a mother with no professional training who claimed to cure eating disorders with unconditional love at the Montreux Clinic in Victoria, B.C. Breathless media coverage earned Claude-Pierre's clinic a worldwide reputation before allegations of force-feeding and patients being held against their will ultimately led to the clinic losing its license. One of the most distressing cases involved a three-year-old boy who was separated from his mother for months at a time. \"As the summer wore on, on the very worst days Dustin's last defence would be to clench his teeth together so tightly it was impossible to get the nozzle of the bottle or the spoon into his mouth. In those cases, once he was held immobile, he'd find the staff using another spoon as a lever to pry his teeth open. Sometimes he'd cry out in pain; sometimes his mouth would be left bleeding.\" McLintock's cautionary tale reveals just how vulnerable desperate families can become. --Carolyn Leitch\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Just Great Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43739904049386,"sku":"011-052622-Langly-000200092X","price":99.02,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0647\/1735\/7290\/products\/41C1GQEBKRL.jpg?v=1668580121","url":"https:\/\/justgreatbooks.org\/products\/anorexias-fallen-angel","provider":"Just Great Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}