In many ways, Sarah Jacob seemed the perfect little girl. Sweet-natured and vivacious, she charmed everyone she met. Then, one day, she suddenly stopped eating. It soon became clear this was no schoolgirl's prank. For the next two years, Sarah allegedly did not eat or drink anything at all. She seemed to be living on thin air.
What was the truth about the "Welsh Fasting Girl"? Was she, as her father told the many thousands of visitors who flocked to her bedside, "a gift from God", being sustained by nothing but her faith? Or was she, as the doctors argued, rather a dangerous show-off, who was secretly feeding herself at night to trick the public and become famous? Perhaps something much more sinister was afoot . . .
There was only one way to find out. Determined to expose the truth about Sarah, a team of doctors descended on the Jacobs' tiny Carmarthenshire farmstead to put the miracle girl to the test . . .with terrible consequences.
