A Mind of My Own: The Woman Who Was Known as ""Eve"" Tells the Story of Her Triumph Over Multiple Personality Disorder

Even after the book and the film The Three Faces of Eve broke records in the late 1950s, the identity of ``Eve'' was kept secret and little was known about multiple personality disorder (MPD). Subsequent publications, The Final Face of Eve and I'm Eve --both written by Sizemore in collaboration with professionals--told more of the story Sizemore augments here. Retracing her life from birth in 1927 in Virginia, the author makes one understand the ``persons'' who took turns submerging her until she ultimately mastered the intruders, asserting ``the mind of my own.'' Sizemore gives credit to the therapists who helped, but none more than her husband and children, described here as miracles of ``devotion, commitment,'' which readers will agree may be an understatement. The author has been publicly active on behalf of the mentally/emotionally ill since her recovery in 1977. Literary Guild alternate; film rights to Sissy Spacek. (Sept.)