When Rabbit Howls - Couverture rigide

Chase, Truddi

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0283996285 ISBN 13 : 9780283996283

Editeur : Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd, 1988

Synopsis

Trudi Chase is an apparently ordinary woman in her thirties. She visited a psychiatrist because she felt "unreal" and suffered from odd memory lapses. He discovered that she is inhabited by over ninety spirits, some aware of each other, some not. This book forms part of her attempt to come to terms with her separate selves and to reconcile them to each other. Her problems are apparently rooted in horrific childhood sexual abuse. Until she learns whether or not she killed the man who abused her, her therapy must continue. Her "troops" provide the narrative, when one voice tires, another takes over.

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Praise for When Rabbit Howls

“Startling...stunning...powerful.”—The San Francisco Chronicle

“Perhaps the most extraordinary victim of multiple personalities on record. A nightmarish story the reader cannot easily forget.”—The Chicago Tribune

“Horrifying, compelling...a shocking tale...extremely disturbing.”—Psychology Today

“A fascinating book...unusual and very emotionally touching.”—Dr. Cornelia Wilbur, the psychiatrist who treated Sybil

“An extraordinary story. [When Rabbit Howls] is the reconstruction, through therapy, of the lost life of a woman so...abused by her stepfather that her only defense down the years was to shatter into the Troops...no fewer than 92 different and autonomous personalities.”—The Guardian (London)

“Remarkable...alarmingly real and courageous.”—Toronto Sun

“Fascinating, provocative reading.”—Library Journal

“The first book authored by a multiple personality...When Rabbit Howls is a document that breaks the silence...a searing indictment of the crime of child sexual abuse...a truly moving and thought-provoking work...an uplifting, inspiring story of a survivor.”—Sojourner: The Women’s Forum

Présentation de l'éditeur

A woman diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder reveals her harrowing journey from abuse to recovery in this #1 New York Times bestselling autobiography written by her own multiple personalities.

Successful, happily married Truddi Chase began therapy hoping to find the reasons behind her extreme anxiety, mood swings, and periodic blackouts. What emerged from her sessions was terrifying: Truddi’s mind and body were inhabited by the Troops—ninety-two individual voices that emerged to shield her from her traumatizing childhood.

For years the Troops created a world where she could hide from the pain of the ritualized sexual abuse she suffered at the hands of her own stepfather—abuse that began when she was only two years old. It was a past that Truddi didn’t even know existed, until she and her therapist took a journey to where the nightmare began...

Written by the Troops themselves, When Rabbit Howls is told by the very alter-egos who stayed with Truddi Chase, watched over her, and protected her. What they reveal is a spellbinding descent into a personal hell—and an ultimate, triumphant deliverance for the woman they became.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1988
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0283996285
• ISBN 13: 9780283996283
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 448
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible