# Sisters, Saints and Sibyls

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- Book: [Sisters, Saints and Sibyls](https://www.bookquiver.com/nan-goldin/sisters-saints-and-sibyls) ([Sisters, Saints and Sibyls.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/nan-goldin/sisters-saints-and-sibyls.md))
- Authors: [Nan Goldin](https://www.bookquiver.com/nan-goldin)
- Publisher: thames_and_hudson
- ISBN: 978-05-0003-104-9
- Pages: 144
- Published: 2026-03-12
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Hardcover

## Description

Sisters, Saints and Sibyls is a tribute ‘to all rebellious women struggling to survive in society.’ Focusing on the tragic life of her sister, Barbara, Nan Goldin weaves together a tapestry out of medical records, family photographs and mythical allusions to Saint Barbara to compose a haunting meditation on the mistreatment of female mental health in the twentieth century. Barbara’s story is intertwined with Goldin’s own descent into, and emergence from, addiction, shining a brutal light on the realities of trauma, abuse and mental illness.