‘I really believed that America had cured her’

Throughout her childhood, Helen Naylor‘s life revolved around her mother’s illness. In her memoir My Mother, Munchausen’s and Me, she recalls being told that Elinor had Myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) and how she believed that America had cured her following a trip to the States where she seemed to feel like her old self. But it wasn’t until Elinor died that Helen found out everything had been a lie.

In The Daily Mail, Naylor shares the diaries she uncovered that revealed the inner workings of Elinor’s twisted mind.