The annoyed look resurfaced on Julies face. Wait, I interrupted her, holding up a finger. Personal income tax or small business? I asked. He met Julie at the beginning of his life. He was working at a computer supply store, when Julie asked Andy for help in choosing tax preparation software. Andy has organized quite a schedule, so that all of the diverse personalities have time on the outside to live and create.Īndys best friend and employer is Julie Sivik. Grey have worked extremely hard to come up with a life which makes everyone who exists in the body content. In the two years that Andy has existed as a personality and been called from the lake, he, the other souls, and Dr. Besides Aaron, these personalities include Aunt Sam - a mothering figure who enjoys creating art Adam - a teenager who enjoys causing trouble Jake - a five year old who enjoys toy stores and Sefaris - an athletically strong man who defends the body. There are dozens of souls who are always with Andy. This isnt the therapy you may be familiar with, where all personalities become one integrated person. Danielle Grey, Andrew has worked through his illness, and has come up with a lifestyle where he and his other souls co-habitate peacefully. He is one of the personalities which occupies Andys mind. I was called to finish the job that my father had begun: a job that he had chosen, but that I was made for.Īndrews father is named Aaron. I was born with my fathers strength, but not his weariness his persistence but not his pain. I was twenty-six years old when I first came out of the lake. Through psychiatric help and therapy, Andy has been able to cope with his condition for the last two years, and lead a fairly normal life. When we meet Andy Gage, he is a twenty-eight year old, who has been diagnosed with multiple personality disorder (MPD). It is an extremely realistic and profound look at multiple personality disorder. This is the premise of Matt Ruffs novel, Set This House In Order: A Romance of Souls. I could be sitting here typing this review, and the next thing I know, I wake up and Im sitting at a restaurant eating lunch with a person Ive never met, but who seems to know who I am. Then, when these personalities get restless, or feeling a need to do something, imagine them taking over your body, at their whim. And then, think of these voices as having very different personalities, demanding to be heard. Now, imagine having dozens of voices in your head. There are times when Im talking to myself, and I should be listening to other people, a la ∺lly McBeal - I get upset with myself when I do this, as I find it a rude habit of mine, but sometimes, I just cant help it. I also think everybody has a tendency to talk to themselves - Ive heard people do it, and I KNOW I do it.

I think everybody has a voice in their head - what most people call a conscience, I suppose. 'Set This House in Order: A Romance of Souls'

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