Sybil: The True Story of a Woman Possessed by Sixteen Separate Personalities
Author(s): Flora Rheta Schreiber
Biography, Memoir & Autobiography
A controversial cult classic, Sybil by Flora Rheta Schreiber is the extraordinary story of a woman who suffered from multiple personality disorder. 'How are you today?' the doctor asked. 'I'm fine', was the reply. 'But Sybil isn't. She was so sick she couldn't come. So I came instead.' A collaboration between journalist Flora Rheta Schreiber and Sybil's psychiatrist, Dr. Cornelia Wilbur, Sybil is the story of a woman with sixteen separate personalities, and was instrumental in influencing the definition and diagnosis of multiple personality disorder. Sybil's diagnosis has since been called into question - but, forty years after it was first published, her story remains a gripping and disturbing account of one woman's struggle for mental stability and happiness.
Product Information
The story of Sybil is a psychological masterpiece ... enthralling from the first scene to the last -- Lucy Freeman Astonishing book ... It forces you to look at yourself and the people around you in a new way -- Doris Lessing
General Fields
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- : Penguin Books, Limited
- : Penguin Books, Limited
- : 0.288
- : September 2013
- : 198mm X 129mm
- : United Kingdom
- : December 2013
- : books
Special Fields
- : Flora Rheta Schreiber
- : Paperback
- : 1
- : 616.85236
- : 432