Download or read book The Fasting Girl written by Michelle Stacey and published by Tarcher. This book was released on 2003-09-29 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This compulsively readable cultural history tells the story of Mollie Fancher, a young Brooklyn woman who became "the most famous sick person in the world" because of her claim to have lived for more than a decade without food.