Sybil

The True Story of a Woman Possessed by Sixteen Separate Personalities

Flora Schreiber

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Penguin Books Ltd
20 November 2013

The extraordinary, controversial 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.

By: Flora Schreiber
Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: Reissue
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 132mm, Spine: 27mm
Weight: 305g
ISBN: 9780241967638
ISBN 10: 0241967635
Pages: 432
Publication Date: 20 November 2013
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Sybil: The True Story of a Woman Possessed by Sixteen Separate Personalities

Astonishing book . . . It forces you to look at yourself and the people around you in a new way -- Doris Lessing The story of Sybil is a psychological masterpiece . . . enthralling from the first scene to the last -- Lucy Freeman