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Author : Joyce Carol Oates
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 41,25 MB
Release : 2017-02-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1501169610
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Author : Nancy L. Segal
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 23,43 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9780674019331
A leading expert on twins delves into the stories behind her research to reveal the profound joys and real-life traumas of 12 remarkable sets of twins, triplets, and quadruplets. Segal unravels these moving stories with an eye for the challenges that life as a twin (or triplet or quadruplet) can pose to parents, friends, and spouses, as well as the twins themselves.
Author : Rosamond Smith
Publisher : Simon & Schuster
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 45,4 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
Molly is consumed by curiosity and decides to contact her lover's twin brother. The two men force Molly to choose between fantasy and survival.
Author : Bard Lindeman
Publisher : Richmond Hill, Ont. : Simon & Schuster of Canada
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 12,75 MB
Release : 1969
Category : Twins
ISBN :
"On a mild January night, a young man named Tony Milasi stepped from a jetliner at Miami International Airport... Waiting for him was Roger Brooks. It was a moment neither will ever forget. Both were identical twins. Yet, at the age of twenty-four, they were then meeting for the first time. The two brothers were separated shortly after birth and were raised more than 1000 miles apart, Tony by an Italian family in Binghamton, New York, and Roger by a Jewish family in Miami. Through a series of incredible coincidences they were to discover each other and reunite.
Author : Abigail Pogrebin
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 50,51 MB
Release : 2010-10-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0307279626
Journalist Abigail Pogrebin is many things—wife, mother, New Yorker—but the one that has defined her most profoundly is “identical twin.” As children, she and her sister, Robin, were inseparable. But when Robin began to pull away as an adult, Abigail was left to wonder not only why, but also about the very nature of twinship. What does it mean to have a mirror image? How can you be unique when somebody shares your DNA? In One and the Same, Abigail sets off on a quest to understand how genetics shape us, crisscrossing the country to explore the varied relationships between twins, which range from passionate to bitterly resentful. She speaks to the experts and tries to answer the question parents ask most—is it better to encourage their separateness or closeness? And she paints a riveting portrait of twin life, yielding fascinating truths about how we become who we are.
Author : Joseph Andrew Orser
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 33,15 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1469618303
Lives of Chang and Eng: Siam's Twins in Nineteenth-Century America
Author : Saskia Sarginson
Publisher : Redhook
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 37,9 MB
Release : 2013-07-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0316246190
They were inseparable until an innocent mistake tore them apart. Growing up, Viola and Issy clung to each other in the wake of their mother's eccentricity, as she dragged them from a commune to a tiny Welsh village. They thought the three of them would be together forever. But an innocent mistake one summer set them on drastically different paths. Now in their twenties, Issy is trying to hold together a life as a magazine art director, while Viola is slowly destroying herself, consumed with guilt over the events they unknowingly set into motion as children. When it seems that Viola might never recover, Issy returns to the town they haven't seen in a decade, to face her own demons and see what answers, if any, she can find. A deeply moving, gripping debut, this is a novel about the secrets we carry, and the bonds between twins.
Author : Dean Jensen
Publisher : Ten Speed Press
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 49,87 MB
Release : 2012-12-12
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0307814777
The lives and loves of Daisy and Violet Hilton follows the poignant life story of twin sisters who were literally joined at the hip, set against the tumultuous backdrop of America during the first half of the 20th century. Daisy and Violet and an unforgettable cast of show-business characters come alive on the pages of this carefully researched and sensitively written biography. Reviews "Jensen's book is a testament to the fickleness of the entertainment world." -Tampa Bay Tribune "It is an affecting story, gently and honestly told without frills, without sensation. In Jensen's hands, the twins are always human, individuals, never freaks joined at the hips as the world saw them after their birth in 1908. . . Here, their story is pure." -Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Author : Kendall Jenner
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 41,57 MB
Release : 2016-11-15
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 1682450414
Two sisters, one destiny . . . Lex and Livia are on the run. In Time of the Twins, Lex, an impulsive military cadet, and Livia, a pampered Airess, have just found out they are twins, which is against the law in the great City of Indra. Now they are leaving behind the only world they have ever known: for Lex, it was the dark world of the Hub below the surface of Indra, where she survived the brutal Orphanage to become an elite member of Indra’s Population Control Forces, and for Livia, it was a life of luxury on the sky island of Helix, where she was brought up to be a Proper Indrithian Young Woman. With help from the charming and handsome Kane, Lex’s best friend and Livia’s newfound love, and Zavier, a gruff rebel who would prefer to leave them all behind, they make the grueling trek through the dangerous underground tunnels toward the Outlands beyond the dome of Indra in search of the mother they thought was dead. When they finally reach the Outlanders' colony, they discover their mother holds the key to unlocking their past, and they must confront an ancient prophecy, “The Time of the Twins.” The prophecy claims they are the long-awaited “twin saviors,” destined to save the City of Indra from the oppressive High Council who have long reigned over all of its people. Will Lex and Livia agree to be a part of their mother’s dangerous plan and take on the daunting role of the “twin saviors”? Will they trust their mother and put themselves in jeopardy to save countless lives? It’s a responsibility they never asked for . . . but one that may prove impossible to ignore. With unforgettable characters, an action-packed pace, and the sparks of new romance, the Jenner sisters have created a page-turning, heart-stopping adventure that will leave you wanting more.
Author : Nancy L. Segal
Publisher : Dutton Adult
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 16,28 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780525944652
A groundbreaking study of twins brings together the latest scientific research and case studies to explore the complexities of human behavior and development as it examines such topics as twins separated at birth, pseudotwins, the loss of a twin, the implications of new fertility drugs, and more. 10,000 first printing. Tour.