The sleeping beauties : and other stories of the social life of illness / Suzanne O'Sullivan.
The sleeping beauties : and other stories of the social life of illness / Suzanne O'Sullivan.
The sleeping beauties : and other stories of the social life of illness / Suzanne O'Sullivan.
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London : Picador, 2021.
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G 2021/0690
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English
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327 pages ; 22 cm
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text
still image
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
Preface: the mystery illness -- The Sleeping Beauties -- Crazy -- Paradise lost -- Mind over matter -- Horses not zebras -- A question of trust -- The witches of Le Roy -- Normal behaviour -- Epilogue.
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London : Picador, 2021.
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England
Date Published
2021.
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A riveting exploration of the phenomenon of psychosomatic disorders, mass hysteria, and other culture-bound syndromes occurring around the world. In Sweden, hundreds of refugee children fall asleep for months and years at a time. In upstate New York, teenage girls develop involuntary twitches and seizures that spread like a contagion. In the US Emb...
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The sleeping beauties : and other stories of the social life of illness / Suzanne O'Sullivan.
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©2021
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G 2021/0690
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74VKaRAW2kXl
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaRAW2kXl
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ISBN
1529010551
9781529010558
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616.08
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991024394115702626
