Review
From the book jacket: Robert Oxnam was a high-profile, successful man:
A renowned scholar and president of the Asia Society, he appeared frequently on
television and traveled the world as a sought-after expert. But what the
millions of people who’d seen him didn’t know -- what even those closest to him
didn’t know -- was that Oxnam suffered from multiple personality disorder. It
was only after an intervention staged by family and friends, in response to
frequent blackouts and episodic rages assumed to be alcohol-driven, that he
sought treatment with Dr. Jeffery Smith; the first of his eleven personalities
emerged in a session in 1990. After years of treatment, he has integrated them
into three: Robert, Wanda, and Bobby, who take turns narrating this remarkable,
unprecedented chronicle.
Comment: This is without doubt the most...
Beyond the Book
Robert B. Oxnam is internationally recognized as an Asia specialist and
dynamic speaker. He often guides prominent Americans (including Bill Gates,
Warren Buffett and former President George H. W. Bush) seeking
in-depth knowledge of China. For more than ten years he was president of the
Asia Society, which has offices in New York, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles,
Houston, and Hong Kong. He has hosted MacNeil/Lehrer News Hour specials on
Asia; is a director of the Clemente Global Growth Fund and the First Philippine
Fund; a trustee of the Rockerfeller Brothers Fund and Armand G Erpf Fund; and
President Emeritus of the Asia Society. He lives with his wife
Vishakha
Desai, who is the current President of the Asia Society, in New York City.
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