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Summary: A must-read
Review: Empathetic. Enlightening. A must-read for anyone seriously (and, ahem, ITELLIGENTLY) interested in the topic of MPD.
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Summary: Sad but real (for parents too)
Review: I first read about Ruth Finley's problem in the "Book in Review" section of Reader's Digest. A couple of years later, I stumbled upon the hardcover copy and bought it. The book, unfortunately, stayed in my box a couple more years.The time I started to seriously read the book was when I was in the middle of college. The beginning isn't that exciting because it's a glimpse into 2 elderly people's lives i.e. Ruth Finley and her husband. The pace picks up when the Poet appears. (...) I really feel for Ruth because of her childhood trauma. When you read about the part where she feels sorry when her neighbour cries in remorse in childish innocence, However, you will cry for Ruth when the man turns on her again in this moment of tenderness. The pain is magnified when Ruth cries every time her dad sends her to the neighbour's and her dad scolds her for being a 'bad girl'. It's a really ironic moment every time it occurs. You truly understand the ugly truth of sexual abuse when you read about the neigbour's wife having to accept the abuse. And she she evens gives Ruth cookies to get her co-operation. I've never read any book that gives such a realistic view of sexual abuse than this book. For parents: It's a book that gives insight on the trauma a child feels and the awful picture of sexual abuse.
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Summary: From A Pickens Ex-Patient
Review: I think one thing that really bugs me about this book is that a lot of hype was given to the "expertise" of Dr. Andrew Pickens. I am a former client of his. After being misdiagnosed, forced into shock treatments, and finally told I could never be helped and sent on my way, I have very little confidence in his "expertise." Even more ironic is that I have now been correctly diagnosed with MPD (something he failed to see while working with me for two years). That being said, this book is about a woman with a dissociative disorder, but NOT Multiple Personality Disorder. A slow read with not much excitement, I wouldn't recommend this unless you've exhaused all other resources.
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Summary: From A Pickens Ex-Patient
Review: I think one thing that really bugs me about this book is that a lot of hype was given to the "expertise" of Dr. Andrew Pickens. I am a former client of his. After being misdiagnosed, forced into shock treatments, and finally told I could never be helped and sent on my way, I have very little confidence in his "expertise." Even more ironic is that I have now been correctly diagnosed with MPD (something he failed to see while working with me for two years). That being said, this book is about a woman with a dissociative disorder, but NOT Multiple Personality Disorder. A slow read with not much excitement, I wouldn't recommend this unless you've exhaused all other resources.
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Summary: A must-read
Review: It felt more like a story than a truth. Very little focus on MPD a lot more focus on a needy self. I enjoyed the entertainment factor of this story, but the educational factor wasn't all there
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