“One and the Same is a fresh alternative to traditional how-to guidebooks for parents expecting two or more.”
—Christina Tinglof
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Category: Reviews & Praise
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Selected as one of the “Big Books of Fall” 2009 by Sara Nelson of Tina Brown’s The Daily Beast
"This book about what it means to be a duplicate is smart and revealing and wise—and, well, singular. "
-Sara Nelson
Twins have always been fascinating, even before the miracle of modern science and fertility drugs made them almost ubiquitous. In this memoir that is also a reported essay, former 60 Minutes producer Pogrebin looks at her own experiences as an identical twin—her sister, Robin, is a New York Times reporter—and those of others; she also interviews what seems like almost every twin expert in the world. How is a twin’s experience of childhood and life different from that of mere singletons? This book about what it means to be a duplicate is smart and revealing and wise—and, well, singular. 9/7/09
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Andrew Solomon on One and the Same
"...a touching, funny, smart book, written with considerable flair"
-Andrew Solomon, author of The Noonday Demon
“One and the Same is a touching, funny, smart book, written with considerable flair. Though it contains medical, social, political, and historical perspectives, it is at its core a book about love and intimacy.”
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Kerry Kennedy One and the Same
"Funny, insightful, and deeply moving..."
-Kerry Kennedy, author of Being Catholic Now
“Pogrebin’s raw honesty and remarkable clarity about her personal experience as an identical twin provides a riveting backdrop to her thorough and illuminating research. Funny, insightful, and deeply moving—as the mother of twins I found this a must read.”
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Honor Moore on One and the Same
"a witty and compassionate guide to the myths and science of twinship..."
-Honor Moore, author of The Bishop’s Daughter
“No matter how many times I’ve asked, no twin I’ve ever known has satisfied my curiosity about the mysterious land of twinhood. In this delightful and touching book, Abigail Pogrebin takes us there—welcoming us with intelligence and candor into her own life as a twin while serving as a witty and compassionate guide to the myths and science of twinship and the twin-existences of some fascinating others.”
"...beautifully captures the complex intriguing elements of identical twins’ unique joys and challenges"
-Nancy L. Segal, Ph.D.
“One and the Same beautifully captures the complex intriguing elements of identical twins’ unique joys and challenges. This candid exposé of the author’s own twinship experience, and that of others, provides a most delightful and informative look at this special relationship.”
- Nancy L. Segal, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, CSU Fullerton and author of Entwined Lives and Indivisible by Two
"In search of the 'secret handshake,' she interviewed 62 prominent Jews about being Jewish...The responses are as varied as fingerprints."
-People Magazine
Rated Three Stars in People’s “Picks & Pans”!
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Salt Lake Tribune
"Abigail Pogrebin compiles an impressive collection of short, digestible bites about an equally impressive swath of '’prominent Jews’ for her book."
-Salt Lake Tribune
Salt Lake Tribune, December 2, 2005
“Abigail Pogrebin compiles an impressive collection of short, digestible bites about an equally impressive swath of ‘’prominent Jews’ for her book. The essays are crisp, at times funny and at other times poignant…”
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JewishinStLouis.org
"Through Pogrebin’s fly on the wall approach, you feel like you are sitting beside the author during the interviews"
-JewishinStLouis.org
“Through Pogrebin’s fly on the wall approach, you feel like you are sitting beside the author during the interviews….Although Pogrebin acknowledges that this is the kind of book you can jump around from chapter to chapter, she encourages you not to read certain chapters and skip over others. And after reading the book from cover to cover, I agree with her – don’t do it!”
"Reading it may revitalize you, too. "
-JBOOKS.COM
“You may be tempted to race through these accounts, or, as Pogrebin anticipates, ‘to turn first to chapters about the people one already admires.’ Don’t. Read the book slowly and get to know some “prominent Jews” you may not have realized are prominent, or Jewish.
And get to know Pogrebin.
...Reading this book may very well lead you to Pogrebin’s own conclusion: ‘What I do know is that being Jewish is powerful and, in a sense, unavoidable—whether one embraces it or leaves it on the shelf, whether one lives a visible life or an anonymous one. And that, in the process of writing this book, it’s become more vital to me than I ever expected.’ Reading it may revitalize you, too.
"But Pogrebin, a former producer for Charlie Rose and “60 Minutes,” had the tools to push her interviewees beyond their comfort zone. "
-Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angleles
What’s fascinating about the 62 souls she interviews is that we know so much about them and so little about their beliefs. With notable evangelical exceptions, most Americans are more comfortable talking about their sex lives than their spirituality. But Pogrebin, a former producer for Charlie Rose and “60 Minutes,” had the tools to push her interviewees beyond their comfort zone.
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