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Identical Strangers

Paula Bernstein,Elyse Schein
Identical Strangers Book PDF

Author : Paula Bernstein,Elyse Schein
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2012-03-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780733628931

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Identical Strangers by Paula Bernstein,Elyse Schein Pdf

Elyse Shein had always known she was adopted, but it wasn't until her mid-thirties that she searched for her biological mother. When Elyse contacted her adoption agency, she was not prepared for the shocking, life-changing news she received: she had an identical twin sister. Paula Bernstein, a married writer and mother living in New York, also knew she was adopted, but had no inclination to find her birth mother. When she answered a call from her adoption agency one spring afternoon, Paul's life suddenly divided into two starkly different periods: the time before and the time after she learned the truth. As they reunite and take their tentative first steps from strangers to sisters, Paul and Elyse learn that they were separated at birth as part of a secret study conducted by a pair of influential psychiatrists. They write with emotional honesty about the immediate intimacy they share as twins and the wide chasm that divides them as two complete strangers. Interweaving eye-opening studies and statistics on twin science into their story, IDENTICAL STRANGERS offers an intelligent and heartfelt glimpse into human nature. It is an account that broadens the definition of family and provides insight into our own DNA and the singularly exceptional imprint it leaves on our lives.

Identical Strangers

Elyse Schein,Paula Bernstein
Identical Strangers Book PDF

Author : Elyse Schein,Paula Bernstein
Publisher : Random House
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2007-10-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781588366443

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Identical Strangers by Elyse Schein,Paula Bernstein Pdf

As seen in the hit documentary Three Identical Strangers • “[A] poignant memoir of twin sisters who were split up as infants, became part of a secret scientific study, then found each other as adults.”—Reader’s Digest (Editors’ Choice) WINNER OF A BOOKS FOR A BETTER LIFE AWARD Elyse Schein had always known she was adopted, but it wasn’t until her mid-thirties while living in Paris that she searched for her biological mother. What she found instead was shocking: She had an identical twin sister. What’s more, after being separated as infants, she and her sister had been, for a time, part of a secret study on separated twins. Paula Bernstein, a married writer and mother living in New York, also knew she was adopted, but had no inclination to find her birth mother. When she answered a call from her adoption agency one spring afternoon, Paula’s life suddenly divided into two starkly different periods: the time before and the time after she learned the truth. As they reunite, taking their tentative first steps from strangers to sisters, Paula and Elyse are left with haunting questions surrounding their origins and their separation. And when they investigate their birth mother’s past, the sisters move closer toward solving the puzzle of their lives. Praise for Identical Strangers “Remarkable . . . powerful . . . [an] extraordinary experience . . . The reader is left to marvel at the reworking of individual identities required by one discovery and then another.”—Boston Sunday Globe “Absorbing.”—Wired “[A] fascinating memoir . . . Weaving studies about twin science into their personal reflections . . . Schein and Bernstein provide an intelligent exploration of how identity intersects with bloodlines. A must-read for anyone interested in what it means to be a family.”—Bust “Identical Strangers has all the heart-stopping drama you’d expect. But it has so much more—the authors’ emotional honesty and clear-eyed insights turn this unique story into a universal one. As you accompany the twins on their search for the truth of their birth, you witness another kind of birth—the germination and flowering of sisterly love.”—Deborah Tannen, #1 New York Times bestselling author of You Just Don’t Understand “A transfixing memoir.”—Publishers Weekly

Identical Strangers: Poetry Doubles

Martin Avery
Identical Strangers Poetry Doubles Book PDF

Author : Martin Avery
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 103 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2010-08-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780557545384

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Identical Strangers: Poetry Doubles by Martin Avery Pdf

A poetry marathon inspired by meeting someone with my name at a poetry workshop after a novel marathon.

Identical Stranger

Alice Sharpe
Identical Stranger Book PDF

Author : Alice Sharpe
Publisher : Harlequin
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2019-06-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781488045912

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Identical Stranger by Alice Sharpe Pdf

When a detective finds the wrong missing woman, he’s faced with a deadly mystery of doppelgangers in this romantic suspense novel. Private investigator Jackson Travers swears he’s located his best friend’s missing wife, Sabrina Cromwell. But even if she looks identical to the woman in Jack’s photo, Sophie Sparrow is not Sabrina. In fact, she appears to have no connection to Sabrina at all. But that doesn’t mean she isn’t in trouble. When Sophie is nearly killed, Jack wonders if it’s a case of mistaken identity. Can he uncover the truth before Sophie—and her missing doppelganger—end up dead?

Identical Strangers

Elyse Schein,Paula Bernstein
Identical Strangers Book PDF

Author : Elyse Schein,Paula Bernstein
Publisher : Random House Trade Paperbacks
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2008-10-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780812975659

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Identical Strangers by Elyse Schein,Paula Bernstein Pdf

As seen in the hit documentary Three Identical Strangers • “[A] poignant memoir of twin sisters who were split up as infants, became part of a secret scientific study, then found each other as adults.”—Reader’s Digest (Editors’ Choice) WINNER OF A BOOKS FOR A BETTER LIFE AWARD Elyse Schein had always known she was adopted, but it wasn’t until her mid-thirties while living in Paris that she searched for her biological mother. What she found instead was shocking: She had an identical twin sister. What’s more, after being separated as infants, she and her sister had been, for a time, part of a secret study on separated twins. Paula Bernstein, a married writer and mother living in New York, also knew she was adopted, but had no inclination to find her birth mother. When she answered a call from her adoption agency one spring afternoon, Paula’s life suddenly divided into two starkly different periods: the time before and the time after she learned the truth. As they reunite, taking their tentative first steps from strangers to sisters, Paula and Elyse are left with haunting questions surrounding their origins and their separation. And when they investigate their birth mother’s past, the sisters move closer toward solving the puzzle of their lives. Praise for Identical Strangers “Remarkable . . . powerful . . . [an] extraordinary experience . . . The reader is left to marvel at the reworking of individual identities required by one discovery and then another.”—Boston Sunday Globe “Absorbing.”—Wired “[A] fascinating memoir . . . Weaving studies about twin science into their personal reflections . . . Schein and Bernstein provide an intelligent exploration of how identity intersects with bloodlines. A must-read for anyone interested in what it means to be a family.”—Bust “Identical Strangers has all the heart-stopping drama you’d expect. But it has so much more—the authors’ emotional honesty and clear-eyed insights turn this unique story into a universal one. As you accompany the twins on their search for the truth of their birth, you witness another kind of birth—the germination and flowering of sisterly love.”—Deborah Tannen, #1 New York Times bestselling author of You Just Don’t Understand “A transfixing memoir.”—Publishers Weekly

Deliberately Divided

Nancy L. Segal
Deliberately Divided Book PDF

Author : Nancy L. Segal
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 521 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2021-11-08
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781538132869

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Deliberately Divided by Nancy L. Segal Pdf

In Deliberately Divided, Nancy Segal revisits a controversial study that tracked the development of separated twins and triplets. None of the adoptive parents were told that they were raising a multiple birth baby. The truth was shocking for these parents and twins, many of whom have shared their unimaginable stories for the first time.

One and the Same

Abigail Pogrebin
One and the Same Book PDF

Author : Abigail Pogrebin
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2010-10-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780307279620

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One and the Same by Abigail Pogrebin Pdf

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.

American Baby

Gabrielle Glaser
American Baby Book PDF

Author : Gabrielle Glaser
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2021-01-26
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9780735224698

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American Baby by Gabrielle Glaser Pdf

A New York Times Notable Book The shocking truth about postwar adoption in America, told through the bittersweet story of one teenager, the son she was forced to relinquish, and their search to find each other. “[T]his book about the past might foreshadow a coming shift in the future… ‘I don’t think any legislators in those states who are anti-abortion are actually thinking, “Oh, great, these single women are gonna raise more children.” No, their hope is that those children will be placed for adoption. But is that the reality? I doubt it.’”[says Glaser]” -Mother Jones During the Baby Boom in 1960s America, women were encouraged to stay home and raise large families, but sex and childbirth were taboo subjects. Premarital sex was common, but birth control was hard to get and abortion was illegal. In 1961, sixteen-year-old Margaret Erle fell in love and became pregnant. Her enraged family sent her to a maternity home, where social workers threatened her with jail until she signed away her parental rights. Her son vanished, his whereabouts and new identity known only to an adoption agency that would never share the slightest detail about his fate. The adoption business was founded on secrecy and lies. American Baby lays out how a lucrative and exploitative industry removed children from their birth mothers and placed them with hopeful families, fabricating stories about infants' origins and destinations, then closing the door firmly between the parties forever. Adoption agencies and other organizations that purported to help pregnant women struck unethical deals with doctors and researchers for pseudoscientific "assessments," and shamed millions of women into surrendering their children. The identities of many who were adopted or who surrendered a child in the postwar decades are still locked in sealed files. Gabrielle Glaser dramatically illustrates in Margaret and David’s tale--one they share with millions of Americans—a story of loss, love, and the search for identity.

Greystone Secrets #1: The Strangers

Margaret Peterson Haddix
Greystone Secrets 1 The Strangers Book PDF

Author : Margaret Peterson Haddix
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2019-04-02
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780062838391

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Greystone Secrets #1: The Strangers by Margaret Peterson Haddix Pdf

New York Times bestselling author Margaret Peterson Haddix takes readers on a thrilling adventure filled with mysteries and plot twists aplenty in this absorbing series about family and friendships. Perfect for fans of A Wrinkle in Time and The City of Ember! What makes you you? The Greystone kids thought they knew. Chess has always been the protector over his younger siblings, Emma loves math, and Finn does what Finn does best—acting silly and being adored. They’ve been a happy family, just the three of them and their mom. But everything changes when reports of three kidnapped children reach the Greystone kids, and they’re shocked by the startling similarities between themselves and these complete strangers. The other kids share their same first and middle names. They’re the same ages. They even have identical birthdays. Who, exactly, are these strangers? Before Chess, Emma, and Finn can question their mom about it, she takes off on a sudden work trip and leaves them in the care of Ms. Morales and her daughter, Natalie. But puzzling clues left behind lead to complex codes, hidden rooms, and a dangerous secret that will turn their world upside down. Praise for The Strangers: "A secret-stacked, thrilling series opener about perception, personal memories, and the idiosyncrasies that form individual identities." (Publishers Weekly, starred review) * Winter 2018–2019 Kids' Indie Next List Pick * Indie Bestseller * Time for Kids Book Club: Top 10 Summer Reads * PW Best Books 2019 * Texas Bluebonnet Award List 2020-2021 * 2020 LITA Excellence in Children’s and Young Adult Science Fiction Notable Book: The Eleanor Cameron Notable Middle Grade Books List *

New Understandings of Twin Relationships

Barbara Klein,Stephen A. Hart,Jacqueline M. Martinez
New Understandings of Twin Relationships Book PDF

Author : Barbara Klein,Stephen A. Hart,Jacqueline M. Martinez
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2020-12-23
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781000287547

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New Understandings of Twin Relationships by Barbara Klein,Stephen A. Hart,Jacqueline M. Martinez Pdf

New Understandings of Twin Relationships takes an experience-based approach to exploring how twin attachment and estrangement are critical to understanding the push and pull of closely entwined personal relationships. Based on the research expertise of each of the authors (all identical twins in their own right), and vignettes from twins across the globe, this book describes the inner workings of the twin-world, showing how the twin-world creates experiences that are often more intense and intricately textured than those in the singleton-world. Chapters debunk myths surrounding twinship and analyze the developmental stages of the twin relationship as well as the effect of being a twin on one’s mental health from different perspectives. The authors articulate how attachment, separation anxiety, loneliness, estrangement, and the subjective experience of the twin and non-twin "other" impact behavior, thinking, and feeling. Through its careful study of the many psychological challenges that twins face throughout their lifetime, this text will help psychologists, scholars, clinicians, and twins themselves attain a deeper understanding of all interpersonal relationships.

Separated @ Birth

Anais Bordier,Samantha Futerman
Separated Birth Book PDF

Author : Anais Bordier,Samantha Futerman
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2014-10-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780698148352

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Separated @ Birth by Anais Bordier,Samantha Futerman Pdf

Imagine one day opening Facebook and reading a message from a stranger that says, “I think we might be twins…don’t freak out…” It all began when design student Anaïs Bordier viewed a YouTube video and saw her own face staring back. After some research, Anaïs found that the Los Angeles actress Samantha Futerman was born in a South Korean port city called Busan on November 19, 1987—the exact same location and day that Anaïs was born. This propelled her to make contact—via Facebook. One message later, both girls wondered: Could they be twins? Thus begins their remarkable journey to build a relationship as sisters, continents apart. Over Facebook, Twitter, and Skype, they learned that they shared much more than a strikingly similar appearance. Eventually, they traveled to Korea together to discover more about the land of their separation. One of Facebook's Top Ten Stories of 2013, Separated @ Birth is a story that spans the world and peels back some of the complex and emotional layers of foreign adoption.

The Three Strangers

Thomas Hardy
The Three Strangers Book PDF

Author : Thomas Hardy
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 35 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2020-12-08
Category : Art
ISBN : EAN:4064066439811

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The Three Strangers by Thomas Hardy Pdf

This is a short mystery story set in a remote cottage. The plot revolves around a group of guests attending the christening of a new baby. During the christening, three strangers knock on the door and are admitted into the cottage to join the party. Then the guest realizes that a sheep-stealing thief is amongst them.

Nature's Thumbprint

Peter B. Neubauer,Alexander Neubauer
Nature s Thumbprint Book PDF

Author : Peter B. Neubauer,Alexander Neubauer
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0231104413

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Nature's Thumbprint by Peter B. Neubauer,Alexander Neubauer Pdf

Examining the interactive roles of nature and nurture in psychological and physical development, Neubauer and Neubauer show how each person is greater than the sum of his or her parts. They discuss how temperament, tastes and skills unfold throughout life and the need for this to remain unimpeded.

The Nurture Assumption

Judith Rich Harris
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Author : Judith Rich Harris
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 486 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Child development
ISBN : 9780684857077

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The Nurture Assumption by Judith Rich Harris Pdf

Harris takes on the "experts" and boldly questions conventional wisdom of parents' role in their children's lives, asserting that it's not the home environment that shapes children, but the environment they share with their peers.

Broke Is Beautiful

Laura Lee
Broke Is Beautiful Book PDF

Author : Laura Lee
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2010-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781458758828

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Broke Is Beautiful by Laura Lee Pdf

The economic downturn has forced nearly everyone into a life of limited means, but author Laura Lee was broke before it was cool. She won't tell anyone to clip coupons or forego their morning latte-in fact, she won't give any guidance on how to be saved from a dark financial destiny. Instead she provides readers with a psychological how-to full of fun tidbits. Broke is Beautiful is an insightful compendium of history, inspiration, facts, and humor that all celebrate the lack of money as a gateway to more serenity, self-awareness, and yes, even security. In the tradition of Alain de Botton's How Proust Can Change Your Life and Eric Wilson's Against Happiness: In Praise of Melancholy, here is an unconventional take on a subject that is relevant to us all. It is quirky comfort for the (literally) poor soul: offering historical and geographic perspective, ponderings on consumerism and credit scores, and even recipes for ramen noodles.