When Rabbit Howls

by Truddi Chase

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Author: Truddi Chase

Paperback:
Publisher: Berkley
ISBN 10: 0515103292
ISBN 13: 978-0515103298

Hardcover:
Publisher: E. P. Dutton
ISBN 10: 0525244743
ISBN 13: 978-0525244745

A woman diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder reveals her harrowing journey from abuse to recovery in this #1 New York Times bestselling autobiography written by her own multiple personalities.

Successful, happily married Truddi Chase began therapy hoping to find the reasons behind her extreme anxiety, mood swings, and periodic blackouts. What emerged from her sessions was terrifying: Truddi’s mind and body were inhabited by the Troops—ninety-two individual voices that emerged to shield her from her traumatizing childhood.

For years the Troops created a world where she could hide from the pain of the ritualized sexual abuse she suffered at the hands of her own stepfather—abuse that began when she was only two years old. It was a past that Truddi didn’t even know existed, until she and her therapist took a journey to where the nightmare began...

Written by the Troops themselves, When Rabbit Howls is told by the very alter-egos who stayed with Truddi Chase, watched over her, and protected her. What they reveal is a spellbinding descent into a personal hell—and an ultimate, triumphant deliverance for the woman they became.

From Library Journal

The strange world inhabited by those afflicted with schizophrenia or multiple personality syndrome is virtually impenetrable. By illuminating these convoluted worlds, both books make major contributions to the understanding of mental illness. North began to exhibit manifestations of schizophrenia as a child. Desite her acceptance of "voices" and "visions" as reality, the reader can easily identify with her as she struggles through her schooling. She graphically descibes her breakdowns and traumatic hospitalizations during her college years and in medical school. Her eventual success in conquering her disability and attaining her goal of becoming a physician evokes a sense of exhilaration. --Carol R. Glatt, New Jersey Bioethics Commission, Trenton
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Praise for When Rabbit Howls

“Startling...stunning...powerful.”—The San Francisco Chronicle

“Perhaps the most extraordinary victim of multiple personalities on record. A nightmarish story the reader cannot easily forget.”—The Chicago Tribune

“Horrifying, compelling...a shocking tale...extremely disturbing.”—Psychology Today

“A fascinating book...unusual and very emotionally touching.”—Dr. Cornelia Wilbur, the psychiatrist who treated Sybil

“An extraordinary story. [When Rabbit Howls] is the reconstruction, through therapy, of the lost life of a woman so...abused by her stepfather that her only defense down the years was to shatter into the Troops...no fewer than 92 different and autonomous personalities.”—The Guardian (London)

“Remarkable...alarmingly real and courageous.”—Toronto Sun

“Fascinating, provocative reading.”—Library Journal

“The first book authored by a multiple personality...When Rabbit Howls is a document that breaks the silence...a searing indictment of the crime of child sexual abuse...a truly moving and thought-provoking work...an uplifting, inspiring story of a survivor.”—Sojourner: The Women’s Forum

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