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Title: Sybil by Flora Rheta Schreiber ISBN: 0-446-35940-8 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 25 May, 1989 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.55 (67 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The Ordeal of Sybil: A Misdemeanor.
Comment: The first time I picked up the book, I knew I wasn't going to put it down until I close it's last pages considering Doris Lessing's back-cover note, it really gave me all the extra-ordinary intellectual energy I needed to boost me read the book twice and over again. I feel great reading it. It was like skating on thin ice, yet a foresight into the pains of felony and hatred, the need to be loved and cared.
From the shattering sounds of broken glasses to the odor of the old drugstore and the chemistry laboratory, Vicky who is Sybil's memory trace during her blackouts began to recall all her lost episodes from childhood at Willow corner through adolescence in Philadelphia. "Sybil", the Biography of Sybil Isabel Dorsett by Flora Rheta Schreiber is a psychological masterpiece that will eventually make the reader take a closer look at the person next to him/her considering the astonishment discovery of this intriguing and fascinating true-life-story of a woman possessed with sixteen separate and distinct personalities. The book unveils the evil associated with child abuse & neglect. It also condemns the horrific ordeal of nursing emotions within as a naïve person. Infact it is Reality beyond the limits of perception in the research of Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD).
Sybil, who through the scourge of a schizophrenic inflicted mother went through certain odd torments, disassociated herself by splitting into sixteen separate and distinct personalities while coping with the anguish of fear and anger in order to protect and defend herself through disintegration when the real self could no longer bear the pains of neglect and abuse coupled with a fundamentalist father who was less concerned about the emotions and feelings of his daughter. In her struggle for survival and recovery, Flora Rheta introduced Dr. Cornelia Wilbur a psychoanalyst to Sybil. She diagnosed her and indeed befriends all the other selves after hypnotizing them with the aim of merging them into a single self. Another intriguing aspect of this book is that two out of the sixteen personalities were male features thereby lengthening the therapy.
The insight objective part of this story is that it is helpful to all both as a psychologist and as a person because it reveals a lot of damages done mentally, emotionally, physically and psychologically in child abuse/neglect, moreso it unravels the building of a defensive wall within some emotional struggles in a naïve person as a means of survival. I hereby recommend the book "SYBIL" as a must read for all who crave and quest for intellectual knowledge in child psychology and juvenile delinquency.
Infact if I could ever narrate a book with all pleasure, it will be 'Sybil' and if I could ever re-reader a book over and over again with all interest, it must be "Sybil". I love the story though a painful experience but I just can't let it go. Her case was a misdemeanor of neglect and the need to be loved and cared for. The Real Sybil died in 1998 after successfully becoming whole. She has proved change to be a dynamic fact and time to be there for us no matter how long it takes to heal a wound. It's one of the best books on earth. Thanks goodness I read the book. If you are crazy about biographies, then go check this out; First Person Plural: My Life As A Multiple by Cameron West, Ph.D.
Rating: 5
Summary: Sybil Review
Comment: If you are interested in psychology Sybil is a must read. It is about a girl with sixteen personalities. It is based on a true story about her life. It is very well written and although it may get a little confusing, you eventually learn to recognize each individual personality within Sybil.
This book is a tantalizing journey through Sybil's life and journey to become whole again. It involves some graphic descriptions of horrible events that made Sybil split into multiple personalities and therefore may not be appropriate for children under 13 years of age.
I have learned a lot from this book and it has opened my eyes to the interesting field of psychology. I would have to call it one of the most interesting books I have ever read and I look forward to reading it again.
Therefore I hope everyone can take time out of his or her busy schedule to read this book.
Rating: 4
Summary: Changing Lives
Comment: Sybil is an amazing book about a young woman, who over the course of her life, was over taken by sixteen different personalities. The book starts off as Sybil the adult going to see Dr. Wilbur about her psychiatric state. Sybil has known all her life that something was strange about her but could never figure it out. She had no idea that real people with their own minds and thoughts were taking control of her body anytime they pleased. Dr. Wilbur met all the personalities and talked with them each one on one until she found out the origin of how all sixteen people came to live in one body. The main part of her state of mind was her mother. Throughout her whole life, her mother constantly made remarks about Sybil and everything she did. Sybil's other selves is what happened because of her mothers abuse. Sybil is a fascinating book were you can witness a woman about to fall apart come together through a long journey to finally becoming herself again.
The best thing about Sybil was the way Flora Schreiber captured every feeling and every emotion Sybil had to offer. Schreiber is a talented writer who let the reader know exactly what was going on step by step. She showed not just how Sybil's character felt in a situation but how every other person felt. She introduced characters in a way that made you feel like you knew them even before you picked up the book. Schreiber brought you into the minds of sixteen different people, but showed you that although they were the same person, they were completely different.
Sybil was excellent and I found it hard to think of what I didn't enjoy about the book. However, I did find that throughout the book it was a little difficult to follow along with the story line and all the different personalities. Although there were separations by chapter introducing the different selves, they often brought one and then another into the story line eventually mixing them all together to the point where I was a little confuse abut who was who. All in all, the book was a beautiful piece of work that everyone should experience once.
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Title: When Rabbit Howls by Truddi Chase ISBN: 0515103292 Publisher: Jove Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 1990 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: I Never Promised You a Rose Garden by Joanne Greenberg ISBN: 0451160312 Publisher: Signet Book Pub. Date: 01 March, 1984 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: First Person Plural : My Life as a Multiple by Cameron, Ph.D West ISBN: 0786889780 Publisher: Hyperion Pub. Date: 01 November, 1999 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: The Flock/the Autobiography of a Multiple Personality by Joan Frances Casey ISBN: 0449907325 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 01 July, 1992 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Magic Castle by Carole Smith ISBN: 0312968205 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 01 January, 1999 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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