Flora Rheta Schreiber (1918–1988)
Autor/a de Sybil
Sobre l'autor
Obres de Flora Rheta Schreiber
The Shoemaker: the Anatomy of a Psychotic 1 exemplars
Obres associades
The Columbia Reader on Lesbians & Gay Men in Media, Society, and Politics (1999) — Col·laborador — 78 exemplars
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Nom oficial
- Schreiber, Flora Rheta
- Data de naixement
- 1918-04-24
- Data de defunció
- 1988-11-03
- Gènere
- female
- Nacionalitat
- USA
- Lloc de naixement
- New York, New York, USA
- Lloc de defunció
- New York, New York, USA
- Causa de la mort
- heart attack
- Llocs de residència
- New York, New York, USA
- Educació
- Columbia University (BS|1938|MA|1939)
- Professions
- journalist
professor, John Jay College of Criminal Justice (English) - Organitzacions
- The New School
Adelphi University
John Jay College, City University of New York - Biografia breu
- 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.
Membres
Ressenyes
Llistes
True Crime (1)
1970s (1)
Premis
Potser també t'agrada
Autors associats
Estadístiques
- Obres
- 8
- També de
- 1
- Membres
- 3,129
- Popularitat
- #8,165
- Valoració
- 3.8
- Ressenyes
- 47
- ISBN
- 55
- Llengües
- 8
- Preferit
- 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… (més)