The only girl in the world : a memoir
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Contributors
Gauthier, Ursula, author.
Hunter, Adriana, translator.
Published
New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2017.
Format
Book
Edition
First North American edition.
ISBN
9780316466622, 031646662X
Physical Desc
273 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
Status
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Published
New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2017.
Edition
First North American edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9780316466622, 031646662X

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"Maude Julien's parents were fanatics who believed it was their sacred duty to turn her into the ultimate survivor--raising her in isolation and subjecting her to endless drills designed to "eliminate weakness." Maude learned to hold an electric fence for minutes without flinching, and to sit perfectly still in a rat-infested cellar all night long (her mother sewed bells onto her clothes that would give her away if she moved). She endured a life without heat, hot water, adequate food, friendship, or any kind of affectionate treatment. But Maude's parents could not rule her inner life. Befriending the animals on her parents' lonely estate as well as the characters in the novels she read in secret, young Maude nurtured in herself the compassion and love that her parents forbade as weak. And when, after more than a decade, an outsider managed to penetrate her family's paranoid world, Maude seized her opportunity to break free. By turns horrifying and magical, [this book] is a story that will grip you from the first page and leave you spellbound by its chilling exploration of psychological control that ends with a glorious escape."--Jacket.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Julien, M., Gauthier, U., & Hunter, A. (2017). The only girl in the world: a memoir (First North American edition.). Little, Brown and Company.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Julien, Maude, 1957-, Ursula, Gauthier and Adriana, Hunter. 2017. The Only Girl in the World: A Memoir. Little, Brown and Company.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Julien, Maude, 1957-, Ursula, Gauthier and Adriana, Hunter. The Only Girl in the World: A Memoir Little, Brown and Company, 2017.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Julien, Maude, Ursula Gauthier, and Adriana Hunter. The Only Girl in the World: A Memoir First North American edition., Little, Brown and Company, 2017.

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