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SPLIT: a life shared: living with Multiple Personality Disorder
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| "When I set about writing my memoir Split, telling the story of my life with Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD) – or as it’s called today, Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), I envisaged that it would be a mix of poetry …" | |
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"This is the best written independently published book I have ever read. It is also one of the fascinating memoirs.
For such a complex, and at times harrowing subject it is an easy read. It is plain and straightforward with moments of wonderful lyricis" Read more of this review » |
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| This book is my absolute bible for all things indie publishing. It has so many dog ears and sticky notes ... so much detail! And it is set out in such a user friendly way! Featherstone walks you through the steps you need to take as you consider the ...more | |
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My Father’s Suitcase is the latest memoir from @garden.mary. It is a transparent and honest account of something that I was not aware of – sibling abuse. This is an astounding story of the violence that the author lived through. From her sibling’s ph ...more |
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"Split is an incredible eye-opener into what it is like to live with Multiple Personality Disorder, and the kind of complex and horrific trauma that can trigger it. The brain is incredibly resilient to perform what is essentially a feat of self-preser"
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"An extraordinary book. I found it hard to put down. I knew nothing at all about this disorder, until I read this gutsy and gritty and compelling memoir. To follow the author's journey from horrific childhood abuses to her life now as an inspiring wri"
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Reading Once Around the Sun I wished I were 20 years younger! That’s what I kept telling myself as I read this descriptive and adventurous story that takes us on both an emotional and cultural journey from Cambodia to Mongolia. Jess shares her story o ...more |
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“SPLIT is a book to inspire and inform every trauma survivor who doubted they had a future, every family member or supporter who wondered what they could do to help, and for anyone wanting to understand and reduce the stigma around mental health struggles.”
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“A rare and fascinating journey into the origin and turmoil of living with MPD - a candid, often harrowing account of the enduring power of the human spirit. Sometimes shocking, often enlighting, always compelling.”
― Ten Thousand Aftershocks
― Ten Thousand Aftershocks
“I hope you will find that the book you are about to read engages you and fills you with fascination in equal parts, as it did me. It is also at times, a harrowing read, but then if it was not there would be no inspiration, no 'rising above'- the valuable gift that real-life accounts such as this have to offer us.”
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“Maggie consistently engages with tough, complex themes -- childhood abuse, mental illness, adoption, migration - and she does so bravely, unflinchingly with a deep commitment to making art out of the difficulties she's lived through.”
― The Writer Laid Bare: Emotional honesty in a writer's art, craft and life
― The Writer Laid Bare: Emotional honesty in a writer's art, craft and life
“SPLIT is a book to inspire and inform every trauma survivor who doubted they had a future, every family member or supporter who wondered what they could do to help, and for anyone wanting to understand and reduce the stigma around mental health struggles.”
― Before You Met Me: A Memoir Of One Man's Troubled Search For Love
― Before You Met Me: A Memoir Of One Man's Troubled Search For Love
