Description
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.
About the Author
Truddi Chase was the author of When Rabbit Howls, a personal account of her abusive upbringing and her struggle with dissociative identity disorder. She passed away in 2010.
Reviews
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
Book Information
ISBN 9780425183311
Author Truddi Chase
Format Paperback
Page Count 400
Imprint Penguin USA
Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc
Weight(grams) 340g
Dimensions(mm) 208mm * 132mm * 26mm