The Mother Next Door
Medicine, Deception, and Munchausen by Proxy
Andrea Dunlop ; Mike Weber
- "Harrowing."
- —Wall
- Street
- Journal
- •
- "Riveting."
- —Seattle
- TimesA
- groundbreaking
- work
- of
- narrative
- nonfiction
- that
- investigates
- Munchausen
- by
- Proxy
- from
- the
- host
- and
- creator
- of
- the
- award-winning
- true
- crime
- podcast
- Nobody
- Should
- Believe
- Me.No
- bond
- is
- more
- sacred
- than
- that
- between
- a
- mother
- and
- child.
- And
- no
- one
- is
- more
- sympathetic
- than
- a
- mother
- whose
- child
- faces
- a
- life-threatening
- illness.
- But
- what
- if
- the
- mother
- is
- the
- cause
- of
- the
- illness?
- What
- if
- the
- sympathy
- is
- the
- point?Munchausen
- by
- proxy
- (MBP)
- has
- fascinated
- and
- horrified
- both
- professionals
- and
- the
- general
- public
- since
- this
- disturbing
- form
- of
- child
- abuse
- was
- first
- identified.
- But
- even
- as
- the
- public
- has
- been
- captivated
- by
- these
- tales
- of
- abuse
- and
- deception,
- there
- remains
- widespread
- misinformation
- and
- confusion
- about
- MBP.
- Are
- these
- mothers
- unfeeling
- psychopaths,
- or
- sick
- women
- who
- need
- help?
- And
- more
- important,
- how
- can
- we
- protect
- the
- children
- whose
- lives
- are
- at
- stake?The
- Mother
- Next
- Door
- offers
- a
- groundbreaking
- look
- at
- MBP
- from
- an
- unlikely
- duo:
- a
- Seattle
- novelist
- whose
- own
- family
- was
- torn
- apart
- by
- it,
- and
- the
- Texas
- detective
- who
- has
- worked
- on
- more
- medical
- child
- abuse
- cases
- than
- anyone
- in
- the
- nation.
- Readers
- ride
- along
- on
- three
- high-stakes
- MPB
- investigations;
- through
- riveting
- reporting
- and
- shocking
- stories
- from
- the
- family
- members,
- friends,
- and
- doctors
- caught
- in
- the
- blast
- zone
- of
- these
- unthinkable
- acts,
- a
- twisted
- portrait
- of
- motherhood
- and
- deceit
- is
- revealed.With
- help
- from
- some
- of
- the
- top
- MBP
- experts
- in
- the
- world,
- Dunlop
- and
- Weber
- uncover
- the
- complex
- maze
- of
- psychological,
- systemic,
- and
- cultural
- issues
- that
- compound
- MBP
- and
- offer
- solutions
- for
- how
- we
- might
- find
- our
- way out.
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