All Of Me: My incredible true story of how I learned to live with the many personalities sharing my body

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title All Of Me: My incredible true story of how I learned to live with the many personalities sharing my body
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Kim Noble
By (author) Jeff Hudson
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:384
Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 155
Category/GenreCoping with illness
ISBN/Barcode 9780749955908
ClassificationsDewey:616.852360092
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint Piatkus Books
Publication Date 6 October 2011
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Kim Noble is an accomplished artist whose work has been exhibited around the world. She is a mother with a 13-year-old daughter. She is a bubbly and vivacious woman. To meet her you wouldn't think anything was wrong. But when Kim was younger than five years old, her personality splintered and fractured. In 1995 she was finally diagnosed with Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) which has been described as a creative way to cope with unbearable pain. Now her body plays host to more than 20 different personalities, or 'alters'. There are women and men, adults and children; there is a scared little boy who speaks only Latin, an elective mute, a gay man and an anorexic teenager. Some alters age with her body; others are stuck in time. ALL OF ME takes the reader through the extraordinary world of a woman for whom the very nature of reality is different. It will tell of her terrifying battles to understand her own mind; of her desperate struggle against all odds to win back the child she loved; and of her courage and commitment in trying to make sense of her life. It is by turns shocking, inspiring, sometimes funny, and deeply moving.

Author Biography

Kim Noble is a gifted artist whose work has been exhibited around the world. On 6 October 2010 Kim was interviewed by Oprah for Oprah's anniversary show. Jeff Hudson has written and ghostwritten twenty books, including several true-life bestsellers. He has also been published in The Independent, The Guardian and Time Out.