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Book SynopsisA 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.
Trade ReviewThe 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
