num_pages: 352
description: Olsen delivers the chilling tale of a mother so desperate for attention that she murdered one of her children and repeatedly attempted to suffocate the other. This is the first book to focus on Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy, a disorder in which parents create fake illnesses in their children to receive attention from their families and medical practitioners.
language: English
title: Mockingbird: A Mother, a Child, a Tragedy
titlecomplete: Mockingbird: A Mother, a Child, a Tragedy
genres: Biography, Mystery, Nonfiction, Audiobook, Adult, Mental Illness, Medical, Crime, True Crime, Suspense
ratings_count: 3042
publisher: Grand Central Pub