Anorexia's Fallen Angel: The Untold Story of Peggy Claude-Pierre and the Controversial Montreux ClinicHarperCollins Canada, 2010 M06 22 - 304 pages 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. |
Contents
The Coming of Samantha | |
The Miracle Show | |
Taking Anorexia to the Cradle | |
Gathering Storm Clouds | |
Down from the Pinnacle | |
The Hearing | |
What Montreux Said | |
Judgment | |
Struggling for Survival | |
The Walls Come Tumbling Down | |
The | |
Epilogue | |
Bibliography | |
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