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"Years after a breakdown and a diagnosis of dissociative identity disorder derailed her historical preservationist career, Kenetria Nash and her alters have been given a second chance they can't refuse: a position as resident caretaker of a historic home. Having been dormant for years, Ken has no idea what led them to this isolated Hudson River island, but she's determined not to ruin their opportunity. Then a surprise visit from the home's conservation...
Author
Series
Legion novels (Brandon Sanderson) volume 3
Publisher
Tor Book
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"A genius of unrivaled aptitude, Stephen can learn any new skill, vocation, or art in a matter of hours. However, to contain all of this, his mind creates hallucinatory people--Stephen calls them aspects--to hold and manifest the information. Wherever he goes, he is joined by a team of imaginary experts to give advice, interpretation, and explanation. He uses them to solve problems . . . for a price. His brain is getting a little crowded and the aspects...
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Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
The heartbreaking memoir of a prominent scholar's long journey to put the pieces of his fractured life together. In 1989, Oxnam, successful China scholar and president of the Asia Society, faced up to what he thought was his biggest personal challenge: alcoholism. But this dependency masked a problem far more serious: multiple personality disorder. At the peak of his professional career, Oxnam was haunted by periodic blackouts and episodic rages....
6) Up Jim River
Author
Series
January dancer volume 2
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
The Hound Bridget ban has vanished and the Kennel has given up the search. But her daughter, the harper Méarana, has enlisted the scarred man, Donovan, to aid her in her search.
7) Twice lived
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Publisher
Tordotcom, Tor Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"There are two Earths. Perfectly ordinary and existing in parallel. There are no doorways between them, no way to cross from one world to another. Unless you're a shifter. Canna and Lily are the same person but they refuse to admit it. Their split psyche has forced them to shift randomly between worlds -- between lives and between families -- for far longer than they should. But one mind can't bear this much life. It'll break under the weight of it...
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Publisher
The Mysterious Press an imprint of Grove Atlantic
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
All of Us is a riveting thriller with six compelling protagonists--who all share one body. Though legally she is Carolyn Grand, in practice she is Martha, a homemaker who cooks and cleans for her "family," Victoria, a put-together people person, Serena, a free spirit, Kirk, a heterosexual man, Eleni, a promiscuous risk-taker, and Tina, a manifestation of what is left of Carolyn after years of childhood sexual abuse. As they jockey for control of their...
10) Hi five
Author
Series
IQ novels volume 4
Publisher
Mulholland Books/Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Isaiah Quintabe is charged with clearing an arms dealer's daughter of the murder of her boyfriend, a task made more complicated by the daughter's multiple personality disorder --
12) Frankie & Alice
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Frankie is an African-American go-go dancer with dissociative identity disorder (DID). She struggles to retain her true self while fighting against two very different personalities: a seven-year-old girl named Genius, and a Southern white racist named Alice. Inspired by a remarkable true story.
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Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Pru Dunning has everything she ever wanted: a successful boyfriend, a thriving nursing career, and a truly comfortable life. But then the strange voicemails start. Scarletta, the woman calls herself. She seems to know Pru, although Pru certainly doesn't know that name, nor does she recognize the glamorous voice leaving her poisonous messages. Is this the work of jealous revenge from someone at work? An old enemy she has forgotten about? Pru begins...
16) Glass
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
After the conclusion of the film Split, David Dunn pursues the Beast, which is Kevin Crumb's superhuman personality. The encounters with the Beast escalate as Elijah Price materializes as an orchestrator who knows critical secrets about both Dunn and Crumb.
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Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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"The Perfect Daughter is a thriller that explores the truth or lies behind a teenage girl's multiple personality disorder, from D.J. Palmer, the author of The New Husband. Grace never dreamt she'd visit her teenaged daughter Penny in the locked ward of a decaying state psychiatric hospital, charged with a shocking and brutal murder. There was not much question of her daughter's guilt. Police had her fingerprints on the murder weapon and the victim's...
19) Sybil
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
A landmark, classic drama depicting the extraordinary real life of a young woman suffering from multiple personality disorder. Includes the full 3-hour broadcast version, along with over an hour of new exclusive special features.
20) A scanner darkly
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Set in a future world where America has lost the war on drugs, an L.A. undercover agents change their faces along with their identities. One officer's liberal ingestion of the drug "Substance D" causes him to develop a split personality, a notorious drug dealer. Along with his superior officers, the police set up an elaborate scheme to catch his drug dealer alter-ego and tear down his operation.
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