In her eye-opening and heartrending fourth novel, award winning author Tanya J. Peterson takes us inside the anguished mind of Isaac Bittman-an average family man whose mysterious and progressively violent mood swings, many of which he cannot remember, begin to unravel the lives of those closest to him. After a series of bizarre encounters, including losing his job and waking up half-dead in the wilds of Idaho, he begins treatment at a revolutionary mental health facility, where the childhood trauma he's repressed for decades leads to revelations that his personality has splintered into twenty-four shadows, or "alters." The novel intricately weaves together Isaac's internal angst and his wife and best friend's struggles to retain both a private and public semblance of normalcy. Stark and realistically rendered, Twenty-Four Shadows delves into the thought processes and erratic habits of a regular man dealing with life-altering mental illness, providing an empathetic, insightful glimpse into a misunderstood and often stereotyped condition. Acclaimed by the Midwest Book Review: "Unique and a consistently compelling read from beginning to end, "Twenty-Four Shadows" clearly establishes author Tanya Peterson as an impressively gifted novelist." STARRED review from Kirkus Reviews: "The book proves to be dazzlingly analytical and delicately sympathetic in equal measure....Few writers possess the courage or working knowledge to draw back the veil on this still largely taboo subject. Peterson possesses this rare talent." -- Kirkus Reviews RECOMMENDED by The US Review of Books: Twenty-Four Shadows reads like a dramatization of a real-world case of Dissociative Identity Disorder, thanks to Peterson's skill at humanizing the disorder while maintaining scientific integrity....This is a must-read for anyone trying to come to terms with a loved one's mental illness or interested in learning what it's like to live with dissociative identity disorder. -- Yuliya Geikhman of The US Review of Books Acclaimed by the Midwest Book Review: "Unique and a consistently compelling read from beginning to end, "Twenty-Four Shadows" clearly establishes author Tanya Peterson as an impressively gifted novelist."