{"product_id":"fifth-sally","title":"Fifth Sally","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe powerful, moving and turbulent novel of Sally Porter and the multiple personalities she has no idea she lives with... From the award-winning bestselling author of FLOWERS FOR ALGERNON: \u003cb\u003e''Heartbreaking, and utterly, completely brilliant'' GUARDIAN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSally Porter is perfectly ''ordinary''. A waitress, divorcee, and loner in the great city. But, though she is unaware of it, she is also four other, quite different people: Nola, the cold independent artist who has a studio in Greenwich Village; Derry, the happy-go-lucky tomboy; Bella, the highly-sexed live wire with a talent for singing and dancing; and finally Jinx, the hate-filled killer. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhenever events put too much of a strain on Sally Porter, she feels a headache and a blackout coming on - and a new character takes over. If there is a man to be fascinated, she will become Bella. If there is an intellectual problem, she will become Nola. And - as happens in the opening scene of the novel - if there is a rapist to be dealt with, she becomes the vicious Jinx. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is the task of the wise and patient psychiatrist, Dr. Roger Ash - a man who nevertheless has severe problems of his own - to deal with this case of multiple personality and, through painstaking therapy, to try to fuse the four disparate personalities into \"the fifth Sally.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57405328785790,"sku":"NW9781473223790","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781473223790.jpg?v=1778642536","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-usa\/products\/fifth-sally","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}