It marks the first time longform reporting is being adapted for the screen by the journalist herself, and it joins a growing canon of stories exploring the ravages of a psychological disorder called Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy, in which “ a caregiver makes up or causes an illness or injury in a person under his or her care. The bizarre and disturbing story of abuse and deception is being written, produced, and co-showrun by Michelle Dean, alongside crime writer Nick Antosca. She was nearly 24, and the years of hospitals and surgeries and treatments-of false and unnecessary medical procedures-were all inflicted by Dee Dee.

The truth surfaced: Gypsy was not sick, nor was she a child. Less than 48 hours later, Gypsy was found in Big Bend, Wisconsin, sans wheelchair, with a man she had met on the internet-her boyfriend and accomplice in the murder of her mother. Things weren’t how they seemed, it turned out, between the sick little girl and her doting mom. Until Dee Dee Blanchard was found dead on her bedroom floor. They were perfect for the evening news, a tale of mother and preteen daughter persevering through adversity it earned them charity trips and celebrity notice. Not to mention, the pair were Katrina refugees who had relocated to Springfield, Missouri. Dee Dee Blanchard was Gypsy’s devoted, full-time caretaker-a single mother with a generous spirit. Her teeth were rotten, her eyesight and hearing were impaired, she had a feeding tube. |a Adult child abuse victims |0 |v Biography.

|a The author describes her life as the daughter of a woman afflicted with Munchausen by proxy, a form of child abuse in which a parent, most often a mother, invents or induces illness in a child in order to gain attention from medical professionals, tells how she was able to save herself, and discusses her efforts to have another young girl removed from her mother's care. |a ix, 244 pages : |b illustrations |c 22 cm |i Subtitle from cover: |a True story of a lost childhood

|a Sickened : |b the memoir of a Munchausen by proxy childhood / |c Julie Gregory foreword by Marc D.

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