Battered Mind

Sadie Carlyle had the perfect life—until the night of May 26, 2023, when she woke up in a psychiatric ward with no memory of the previous eight hours. Her husband Dante has been shot. The gun is in her hand. And she has no idea what happened. As detectives close in and evidence mounts against her, Sadie struggles to piece together the missing time. But the harder she tries to remember, the more fragmented her mind becomes. Flashbacks to a summer camp sixteen years ago. A protective voice in her head that isn't her own. And a terrifying truth: someone else was in control that night. When her alter personality Anna emerges—the part of Sadie created to survive unspeakable trauma—the mystery deepens. Did Sadie pull the trigger? Or did Anna? And if Anna did it... was it murder, or something else entirely? BATTERED MIND is a gripping psychological thriller about dissociative identity disorder, buried trauma, and the mind's extraordinary ability to protect itself—even when that protection comes at a devastating cost. For readers who loved The Silent Patient and Gone Girl. Content Warning: This novel contains themes of sexual abuse, trauma, dissociative identity disorder, and violence that may be triggering for some readers. Resources for support are included at the end of the book. Sadie Carlyle had everything—a successful legal career, a devoted husband, a beautiful home in the suburbs. Then she woke up in a psychiatric ward on May 27, 2023, with eight hours of her life erased from memory. Her husband Dante has been shot. The gun was in her hand. And she can't remember pulling the trigger. As the investigation unfolds, Sadie's carefully constructed life begins to unravel. Detectives find no signs of an intruder. No motive. No explanation. Just Sadie, covered in her husband's blood, insisting she doesn't remember. But someone does remember. Anna—a protective alter personality created when sixteen-year-old Sadie survived a devastating trauma at summer camp—has been watching, waiting, protecting Sadie for years. And on that May night, when danger returned, Anna took control. What follows is a riveting courtroom drama that challenges everything we think we know about justice, mental illness, and survival. As Sadie's defense attorney fights to prove that dissociative identity disorder is real, the prosecution argues that trauma doesn't excuse murder. The truth lies somewhere in between—in the fractured memories of a woman who created another self just to survive. BATTERED MIND is a powerful exploration of trauma, resilience, and the extraordinary ways the human mind protects itself. It's a story about breaking cycles, finding redemption, and learning that healing doesn't mean forgetting—it means integrating all the broken pieces into something whole. For readers who loved The Silent Patient and Gone Girl.
ASIN: B0GTDW2R2G
VSKU: BVV.B0GTDW2R2G.VG
Condition: Very Good
Author/Artist:Stein, Sylvia
Binding: Paperback
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