“What some call simple fraud, she describes as the result of her own multiple personalities which predate the books. She tried to explain this to the Manhattan court, but its judgement seemed to reject her position. ‘It’s so difficult to explain. When people think of multiple personalities, they think of Sybil. It’s not like that for me. I don’t go to sleep and another personality takes over. I’m aware, I’m conscious, but it’s like I’ve moved to the back of the bike and they’re driving’.”