![]() ![]() ![]() A year later, her parents were convicted of manslaughter and sent to prison. The girl died of starvation a week later. When people discovered her story, a team of nurses were assigned to observe what was happening. It was said she went without food for two years. One particular real life case appears to resemble that of The Wonder's narrative-a Welsh girl named Sarah Jacob. Later, an h istorian Joan Jacobs Brumberg claimed the phenomenon was a very early example of the eating disorder we now know as anorexia nervosa. The mysterious stories have circled for years with a variety of recounts. Sporadically, stories emerged of several adolescent girls who had the ability to go for long periods of time without eating or consuming any kind of nourishment, with some claiming to have special religious or magical powers not yet known to humans. In the book written by Emma Donoghue, she makes a note that the narrative was inspired by a real life phenomenon between the 16th and 20th century called the 'Fasting Girls'. ![]()
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