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"This book is a biography. It is about a woman named Sybil who has multiple personality disorder. After seeking out a psychoanalist, she discovers that her "lost time" episodes are due to her 16 other selves! These selves were created during a tramatic time in her life, and each one represents an emotion which she has not been able to deal with. This book is shocking and interesting. A splendid account on psychological events and recovery. You won't believe what you've read!"
Amber Holt, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Phys disability/mental struggle?
Yes
Struggle with
- mental illness
Period of greatest activity?
- 1900+
Subject of Biography
Gender
- Female
Profession/status:
- artist
Eccentric/Mental
Yes
Eccentric:
- mentally ill
- emotionally unstable
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Ethnicity
- White
Nationality
- American (!)
How sensitive is this person?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- healthy but a geeky weakling
Setting
United States
Yes
Century:
- 1930's-1950's
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- explicit references to torture
Book makes you feel?
- concerned
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references
Commentary on society?
Yes
Commentary on
- religion
Unusual Style:
- a lot of flashback and forwards
- a lot of stream of consciousness
Writer's slant towards subject:
- neutral
Story of entire life, or part?
- story of nearly entire life
Is this a biography of several people?
Yes
If this is a kid's book:
- Age 16-Adult
Pictures/Illustrations?
- A few 1-5 B&W
How much dialogue in bio?
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life?
- 0-25% of book
How much is philosophy rather than life story?
- 0-25% of book
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