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Sybil: The True Story of a Woman Possessed by Sixteen Separate Personalities
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Product Description
‘Sybil’ is the fascinating, incredibly moving true story of a woman with sixteen personalities – two of whom were men – and her struggle, against overwhelming odds, for health and happiness. ‘Astonishing book … it forces you to look at yourself and the people around you in a new way’ Doris Lessing.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #38438 in Books
- Published on: 1975-09-25
- Format: Collector's Edition
- Original language: English
- Binding: Paperback
- 432 pages
Customer Reviews
Powerful and compelling
When I was first given a friends copy some years ago, I read it in three days. This book is truly inspiring, and tells the tale of how Sybil's life was run by her personalities. Having now read this book numerous times, it still has the capacity to shock me when discriptions are given of the abuse inflicted on Sybil by her mother. The personalities and their ways of living their lives had me shaking my head in wonderment that Sybil did not go insane, living with them yet not knowing their existence until her therapy began. I highly recomment this book, whatever your interests, but especially if you are involved with children who have been abused. 5 Stars!
Gripping
That this book is a true story is something I had to constantly remind myself as I was reading it, because in many ways it feels like a novel. The Sybil described in this book is so alien that I found it almost impossible to relate to her as a human being.
That's to take nothing away from the book. Sybil's story alone is good enough to make this book a classic, but it is well and sympathetically written after years of painstaking research by the author.
The suspense of finding out what happened in Sybil's childhood to cause the disassociation into different personalities is superbly done, and makes reading the book a thoroughly gripping experience.
A rollar coaster ride
Whilst studying for an A-level my tutor told me I should get this book, but not to start to read it until after the exams. Of course, I bought the book, started to read the first few pages, and forgot all about studying for the exams until put the book down.
Sybil takes you on an emotional journey. Just by the nature of the book, you guess some of the things she must hav suffered as a child, but when the horrific story emerges, you are left dumbstruck. If you have an interes in MPD, or in psychology in general, YOU NEED TO READ THIS BOOK
