{"product_id":"sybil-exposed-by-debbie-nathan-3153ab","title":"Sybil Exposed by Debbie Nathan","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe compelling true story of the three women  a Manhattan psychiatrist, a glamorous magazine writer, and a troubled young woman  behind the psychology case that shook the world. In the 1950s, Sybil Dorsett, a young woman from a tiny Midwest town, was diagnosed with a new psychiatric condition  multiple personality disorder. Sybil was believed to have 16 separate personalities living within her: from aspiring carpenter Mike to intensely religious Nancy; from impertinent schoolgirls Peggy Lou and Peggy Ann to depressed grandmother Mary; from whimpering toddler Ruthie to the bookish, highly critical Clara. When Flora Rheta Schreiber wrote about the case in her 1973 book Sybil, it immediately became a bestseller. Soon the Sybil case was a pop-culture phenomenon, and it grew to near-mythic proportions. The case became a touchstone for issues surrounding identity and sexuality, influencing the way millions of people saw their bodies, relationships, and psyches. And it gave rise to a new wave of diagnoses: before Sybil, there had been fewer than 200 known cases of multiple personality disorder in history; afterwards, approximately 40,000 people were diagnosed in just a few years. In this groundbreaking book, journalist Debbie Nathan reveals, for the first time, that the Sybil case was an elaborate fraud  albeit one that the perpetrators may have half-believed. Nathan follows an enormous trail of papers, records, photos, and tapes to show that what really powered the legend was a trio of women who together spun their story into bestseller gold. The result is an intensely fascinating portrait of a pop-culture phenomenon and the complex psychological factors that primed the world to receive it. 'A delicious, hiding-in plain-sight historical saga . . . compulsively readable.'  Sheila Weller 'Debbie Nathan's fine, insistent mind will stop at nothing to get to the truth behind Sybil.'  Susie Bright\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Book Express","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41843327467594,"sku":"3153ab","price":12.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/9101\/8826\/files\/3153ab.jpg?v=1764494924","url":"https:\/\/www.bookexpress.nz\/products\/sybil-exposed-by-debbie-nathan-3153ab","provider":"Book Express","version":"1.0","type":"link"}