“I could not put the book down”
—Amanda Dittlinger
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Jan 2010
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"I cannot say enough good things about this book."
-Amanda Nethero
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Even though my twins are fraternal I was still excited to read Abigail Pogrebin’s book, One and the Same. Abby is a Yale graduate, author, television producer and most importantly, an identical twin. Abby’s identical twin is Robin Pogrebin, a culture reporter for the New York Times.
One and the Same covers all spectrum’s of the twin relationship, I feel. Each interview she did for the book brought a new, and vastly different perspective on what it is to be a twin. I think as a parent of a twin, having not been a twin myself, this is priceless information. I will never fully understand what my children’s bond is like, but I feel that now I have a slight (very, very slight) idea. Abby discusses what it’s like for twins with an almost inseparable bond to the opposite end of the spectrum, ones who haven’t spoken in years.
One of her many interviews is with Ronde and Tiki Barber (if those names don’t sound familiar ask your husband and then get ready to hear some insane stats) who quite candidly admit that their “twinship” comes before their marriages. They even discuss how unsure they were of playing on different NFL teams.
Aside from interviews with other identical twins (including her twin sister Robin, which is some of the most raw reading you will ever do), Abby digs into the research and interviews many of the top experts in the twin field, including someone you may be familiar with, Joan Friedman. Topics range from fertility treatments to how one twin can have a life-threatening disease while the other is healthy. One and the Same also delves into twin loss and how the surviving twin copes, whether the loss happened at birth or later in life.
I cannot say enough good things about this book. Even if your multiples are not twins, you should read this book, that’s how great and informative it is…
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