Flora Rheta Schreiber (1918–1988)
Autore di Sybil
Sull'Autore
Opere di Flora Rheta Schreiber
Opere correlate
The Columbia Reader on Lesbians & Gay Men in Media, Society, and Politics (1999) — Collaboratore — 79 copie
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Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Schreiber, Flora Rheta
- Data di nascita
- 1918-04-24
- Data di morte
- 1988-11-03
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- New York, New York, USA
- Luogo di morte
- New York, New York, USA
- Causa della morte
- heart attack
- Luogo di residenza
- New York, New York, USA
- Istruzione
- Columbia University (BS|1938|MA|1939)
- Attività lavorative
- journalist
professor, John Jay College of Criminal Justice (English) - Organizzazioni
- The New School
Adelphi University
John Jay College, City University of New York - Breve biografia
- Flora Rheta Schreiber was an American journalist and the author of the 1973 bestseller Sybil. For many years, she was also an English instructor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice.
Utenti
Recensioni
Liste
True Crime (1)
1970s (1)
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 8
- Opere correlate
- 1
- Utenti
- 3,144
- Popolarità
- #8,118
- Voto
- 3.8
- Recensioni
- 47
- ISBN
- 55
- Lingue
- 8
- Preferito da
- 3
Sybil is a story of such abuse at the hands of a mentally disturbed mother - sexual, physical and emotional abuse prevail. Sybil is a true story based on one of the most severe cases of MPD and child abuse in history. Over a span of twenty years, it reveals the various "personalities" living within one woman. How one could even survive such atrocities is beyond belief. The time period of this story ends in the 40's. Today, research continues on this subject and much has been learned since Sybil's case, but one can never have enough knowledge.
Sybil's personalities eventually merge and in 1998, the real Sybil died, finding, we hope, final peace and contentment… (altro)