Starvation Heights by Gregg Olsen

Apr 09, 2015 08:59

Years ago, I took a ghost tour of Pike Place Market. One of the stories the tour guide told was of a woman named Linda Burfield Hazzard, who in the early 20th century promoted herself as an expert in the "fasting cure." She would condition her clients with the idea that the only way to regain their health was to engage in a dramatic fast and to ( Read more... )

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madrobins April 9 2015, 17:55:21 UTC
Oooo. Sounds like my cup of tea.

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varina8 April 10 2015, 04:40:29 UTC
As I remember, I was with you on that tour. Sounds like I need to pick up the book now.

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allanh April 10 2015, 19:03:20 UTC
Sounds like a good companion volume to Devil in the White City.

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