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The mother next door : medicine, deception, and Munchausen by proxy /

A 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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Dunlop, Andrea (Author), Weber, Mike, 1964- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : St. Martin's Press, [2025].
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Munchausen syndrome by proxy > United States.
Child abuse > Investigation > United States.
Weber, Mike, > 1964-
Table of Contents:
  • Meet Hope
  • Saving Sophia
  • Meet Mike Weber
  • The investigation begins
  • A family divided
  • Poison
  • The interview
  • The arrest
  • Aftermath
  • What happened to Alyssa?
  • Fooling no one
  • "Unable to determine"
  • The turn
  • The trial
  • Reason to believe
  • After the fall
  • When Mary met Doug
  • Jane Justin
  • Turning Doug
  • "Nurse" Mary
  • A tangled web
  • Minnesota
  • A seismic shift.