“...examines the complex relationship between the practical and the passionate self, the realist and the dreamer, and the importance of those moments in life that make you feel 'airborne.'”
—Erin Kodicek
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Mar 2010
"I could not put the book down"
-Amanda Dittlinger
I recently read the book One and the Same: My Life as an Identical Twin and What I’ve Learned About Everyone’s Struggle to Be Singular by Abigail Pogrebin. I always have my eye out for books that will help me understand what is like to be a part of a pair and so when I saw this book advertised in a Twin Club newsletter, I downloaded it to my Kindle on a whim. I’m glad I didn’t have much going on that week because I could not put the book down. It made me laugh, it made me cry, it made me feel like I was getting to know the future Maddie and Izzie better. Throughout the book Abigail is interviewing other twins in a search to learn more about herself and her relationship with her identical sister. The stories will both warm you and sometimes make you sad. I learned so much from reading her book. For example, not to idealize and romanticize the twinship of my girls. It is a special, unique bond, but it isn’t always perfect and it shouldn’t be. I highly recommend this book to all parents of multiples, or actually anyone who is in any kind of relationship with a multiple.
(From Abby: Thank you to Amanda—please check out her great blog: www.txtwins.blogspot.com)
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