Flora Schreiber

The story of Sybil is a psychological masterpiece . . . enthralling from the first scene to the last

Astonishing book . . . It forces you to look at yourself and the people around you in a new way

The True Story of a Woman Possessed by Sixteen Separate Personalities

'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.

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The story of Sybil is a psychological masterpiece . . . enthralling from the first scene to the last

Astonishing book . . . It forces you to look at yourself and the people around you in a new way

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