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Debbie Nathan
Debbie Nathan has been an award-winning journalist, editor and translator for over three decades. She writes about immigration, the U.S.-Mexico border, and sexual politics and sex panics, particularly in relation to women and children. Debbie grew up in Houston, Texas. She has lived and traveled... show more

Debbie Nathan has been an award-winning journalist, editor and translator for over three decades. She writes about immigration, the U.S.-Mexico border, and sexual politics and sex panics, particularly in relation to women and children. Debbie grew up in Houston, Texas. She has lived and traveled in several areas, including Mexico and the Texas-Mexico border. Today she lives in New York City with her husband, and close to her two grown children.Debbie has written four books. Her newest is "Sybil Exposed." To learn more about it visit www.sybilexposed.comandthe "Debbie Nathan" author page on FacebookYou can find out about Debbie's other books, and her work in general, at www.debbienathan.comDebbie enjoys doing presentations, in person or via Skype, for book clubs that are reading Sybil Exposed. For more information or to arrange an event, contact her at naess2@gmail.com
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Kari@ From the TBR Pile
Kari@ From the TBR Pile rated it 12 years ago
A very interesting look at how the Sybil story came about. The book read like a fiction story, but seemed to be well research and informative. It is amazing to believe that this one story changed the field of psychiatry so drastically. Definitely worth trying it out.
Nikkiel101
Nikkiel101 rated it 12 years ago
The story of Sybil is one I've known all my life. My mother is obsessed with her story. She read the book and has seen the movie dozens of times so it's always been there for me. This book took everything I thought I knew and flipped it on its head. I'm not sure what to believe. Obviously, no matter...
 Stacia in Progress
Stacia in Progress rated it 12 years ago
IT WAS ALL A LIE......or was it?A few decades back, there was a movie called Sybil which was sort of a buzz movie. Before that, the story was a book. I've never read the original book, but I have seen the movie a few times. Basically, the book was about this woman (whose named had been changed) and ...
Affairs of M/Men
Affairs of M/Men rated it 13 years ago
In the course of reading this book, I went back and looked at summaries for the original Sybil: The Classic True Story of a Woman Possessed by Sixteen Personalities. I was in high school when I read the book but looking back from 2012 and my own age and experiences, I'm quite surprised anyone still ...
There Might Be Cupcakes and Books
There Might Be Cupcakes and Books rated it 13 years ago
This quote sums the entire horrifying book to me:Almost four years had passed since Shirley [the real Sybil] first walked into Connie's [Dr. Wilbur] office as an upbeat graduate student with nagging but bearable emotional problems. Now, after hundreds of hours of therapy and countless pills, shots, ...
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