Anorexia's Fallen Angel: The Untold Story of Peggy Claude-Pierre and the Controversial Montreux Clinic

by Barbara McClintock

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781443400145
Publisher:	HarperCollins Canada
Publication date:	06/22/2010
Sold by:	HARPERCOLLINS
Format:	eBook
Pages:	304
File size:	818 KB

About the Author

Barbara McLintock has worked for The Province newspaper as a reporter, columnist and bureau chief. She has won several awards for her work including the Canadian Association of Journalists’ National Award for Best Investigative Newspaper Reporting. Her articles have also appeared in such publications as Chatelaine and People. She lives in Victoria, BC.