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Summary: loved it
Review: i am a 15 yea old girl and reading this book made me realize why people have phycological deficianceys it really taught me alot and for the person who said her real name i think that was really mean she wanted to remain annonymus and you ruined it for her!
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Summary: A riveting true story
Review: It is difficult to find the right words to describe this book. It's haunting, it's fascinating, it's hard to read but at the same time impossible to put down. I had to keep reminding myself that it was actually a true story, and not a work of fiction from some horror writer's twisted mind. Totally spellbinding.
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Summary: From her hometown
Review: I'm from Dodge Center, Minnesota, Sybil's real hometown. Her real name was Shirley Ann Mason, and she did exist. I know people who knew her, and the description of the town fits perfectly. Shirley died in 1998 and the BBC, along with another production company, is currently working on a documentary about her. If you're not already interested in MPD, you definitely will be after reading this book. It's fascinating and horrifying at the same time. Unbelievable what the human mind is capable of. READ THIS BOOK! (The first chapter is kind of confusing and boring, but the rest is so enthralling.)
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Summary: astonishing, heart-stopping, unreal!
Review: I read this book about 4 years ago and i\I couldn't help but cry. I as an abused child have gone through states which I can't help but lose my own mind and become someone else. I felt as if I were sybil. I think the book shoeld be read in high schools so that young adults can realize the hurt that comes from being abused. Who knows, they may be going through it and this book could break them free, and they can realize there is help out there, just the way that I did. I reccomend everyone read this book. If she were still alive I would recognize her as my hero.
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Summary: a must -read for understanding dissociative disorders
Review: This very important book is about the most famous dissociative disorder patient in the U.S. . Anyone who reads this book will hopefully come to an understanding of how childhood trauma creates this disease. It's especially important reading, given the falacious argument by the "False Memory Syndrome" people that this disease, which has its own medical classification, is created by fantasy, not the reality of an abusive home. Let's not kid ourselves, folks, this is a fascinating look at how one little, helpless girl overcame her very sick parents with the brilliant psychological defense now called dissociative disorder. Too bad she's not still alive to address her ignorant critics.
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Summary: Fascinating - can't wait for the sequel!
Review: I first read this book in 1978, and found it absolutely fascinating. Now that Sybil has been identified publicly, I understand that there are other books in the works about the real woman. It will be interesting to see how other tellings of the story stack up to this one.
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Summary: Outstanding
Review: I first got this book because my sister-in-law has been diagnosed with MPD, and wanted another view point on it. It was hard to wrap my brain around at first, but finding out more and more it all makes sense. I would recommend this book to all who want to know more about MPD. It was outstanding and didn't put it down till I finished it. Well done!
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Summary: A true story, where reality is more fantastic than fiction
Review: The true story of Sybil is far more exciting and seems more preternatural than any work of fiction I've ever read. This is a horror story with a happy end. In addition to being a pleasure to read, Sybil teaches important lessons about the functioning of the human mind.
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Summary: Very intresting althougth very depresing.
Review: The book Sybil is very good, but is also very hatrd to belive, that a human could suffer from this type of disease. It was also very sad to find out that Sybil was abused as a child and then came to these personalities for safety. As Ihave read and studied that a very young child will accumulate these personalitites if beaten at avery young age. This is a very good book to read and i recommened it to anyone who is very intreaged as much as i am by Multiple Personality Disorder as much as I am.
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Summary: Pretty good.
Review: This book was pretty good. It took me awhile to get into it, but after Sybil's flaskbacks began...the story itself became more interesting. The story is told very well, and I have to commend the author for that. All and all, I enjoyed it.
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