Book 10 - Sybil

Originally posted 01-29-07! Read sometime within the months of December and January!

Title: Sybil
Author: Flora Rheta Schreiber
Pages: 414
Grade: A

Summary: N/A


My thoughts: How does one say a book documenting the horrors of child abuse that led to 16 different personalities is a great book, because if you figure it out…that is what I want to say here. This book made me cry. It made me ache for Sybil. It was truly an experience all on its own. Multiple Personalities have always fascinated me…not on the level of ‘oh freak’ but just in a ‘what made it happen’ sort of way. The way the mind shuts down and creates a new person to deal with what the original person can’t cope with…truly the mind amazes me. It’s so very intent on protecting itself. It’s a true story…and it was an easy read. The woman its written by was actually a friend of Sybil’s…she even is well present in the tale itself. There is something about this story that touches me…I don’t really know how to explain it.