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The case of the missing body / Jenny Powell.

By: Description: 109 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 9781877578311
  • 1877578312
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • NZ823.2 23
LOC classification:
  • PR9639.4.P69 C37 2016
Contents:
Contortionist -- Introduction -- Prologue -- Patient details -- Diary of a no body -- Epilogue -- The contortionist hangs up her bones -- Discussion -- Appendix: some definitions -- Notes -- Bibliography.
Summary: "The Case of the Missing Body is the true and unusual story of Lily, who has no sense of her body. She has struggled with the effects of this her whole life. Desperate to try anything to 'be normal', a nevertheless sceptical Lily agrees to begin work with her physiotherapist in a gymnasium. One extraordinary day, working in the gym, Lily discovers she has shoulder blades. All her life she has thought people only felt their heads, with thoughts trailing along in and behind them. Now she has shoulder blades. There is nothing easy about what is to follow. Neither Patrick (the physiotherapist) nor Lily could have predicted it. But with help from professionals, the writer of this beautiful, moving memoir becomes her own detective, searching for clues to help her find her own body"--Back cover.
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Book Book MHERC Body Image & Eating Disorders NZ823.2 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available The Case of the Missing Body is the true and unusual story of Lily, who has no sense of her body. She has struggled with the effects of this her whole life. Desperate to try anything to 'be normal', a nevertheless sceptical Lily agrees to begin work with her physiotherapist in a gymnasium. One extraordinary day, working in the gym, Lily discovers she has shoulder blades. All her life she has thought people only felt their heads, with thoughts trailing along in and behind them. Now she has shoulder blades. There is nothing easy about what is to follow. Neither Patrick (the physiotherapist) nor Lily could have predicted it. But with help from professionals, the writer of this beautiful, moving memoir becomes her own detective, searching for clues to help her find her own body. A4130149X
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Novel based on a true story.

Includes bibliographical references.

Contortionist -- Introduction -- Prologue -- Patient details -- Diary of a no body -- Epilogue -- The contortionist hangs up her bones -- Discussion -- Appendix: some definitions -- Notes -- Bibliography.

"The Case of the Missing Body is the true and unusual story of Lily, who has no sense of her body. She has struggled with the effects of this her whole life. Desperate to try anything to 'be normal', a nevertheless sceptical Lily agrees to begin work with her physiotherapist in a gymnasium. One extraordinary day, working in the gym, Lily discovers she has shoulder blades. All her life she has thought people only felt their heads, with thoughts trailing along in and behind them. Now she has shoulder blades. There is nothing easy about what is to follow. Neither Patrick (the physiotherapist) nor Lily could have predicted it. But with help from professionals, the writer of this beautiful, moving memoir becomes her own detective, searching for clues to help her find her own body"--Back cover.