Beauty in Disrepair

<p>Norma and Celia Forte's mother was a beautiful woman with stunning blue eyes intellectual curiosity and artistic talents but she was broken often bruised and sometimes a monster. She wore many faces. In Beauty in Disrepair authors and sisters Norma and Celia Forte narrate their memories of a tumultuous childhood offering perspectives on living with a parent suffering with Dissociative Identity Disorder formerly known as Multiple Personality Disorder.<br><br>Through a collection of vignettes and poetry this memoir provides a visceral account of the residual effects of being raised primarily by a parent who was undiagnosed until their adulthood. The Forte sisters tell how working through these memories was a painful but ultimately rewarding journey. The process of healing is life long and they are finally making peace with their lost childhood as adult survivors.<br><br>Beauty in Disrepair reflects on the girls' childhood as survivors of direct abuse and the residual effects of DID as their mother battled at least twenty-two alter identities. Norma and Celia openly share their story to offer peace to others facing the same experiences and provide a hopeful future for those who have yet to find the beauty they seek that is in disrepair.</p>