When rabbit howls

Description

Troubled by unexplained blackouts and missing stretches of time, Truddi Chase enters therapy and begins uncovering the severe childhood abuse from which her mind had protected her. The investigation leads to a diagnosis of dissociative identity disorder and the recognition of ninety-two distinct personalities who call themselves the Troops. Rather than filtering their experience through a single retrospective narrator, the autobiography presents itself as an account written by these personalities, allowing different voices to describe memories, daily disruptions, and the difficult work of communicating with one another. The result is both a trauma narrative and an unconventional record of treatment, tracing profound suffering while questioning whether recovery must mean integration or can instead involve cooperation among the selves who enabled survival.

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