Identical Strangers: A Memoir of Twins Separated and Reunited

Identical Strangers: A Memoir of Twins Separated and Reunited

As seen in the hit documentaryÂ Three Identical StrangersÂ â€¢ â€œ[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.â€â€”Readerâ€™s DigestÂ (Editorsâ€™ Choice)

WINNER OF A BOOKS FOR A BETTER LIFE AWARD

Elyse Schein had always known she was adopted, but it wasnâ€™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. Whatâ€™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, Paulaâ€™s life suddenly divided into two starkly different periods: the time before and the time after she learned the truth.Â

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 motherâ€™s past, the sisters move closer toward solving the puzzle of their lives.

Praise for Identical Strangers

â€œRemarkable . . . powerful . . . [an] extraordinary experience . . . The reader is left to marvel at the reworking of individual identities required by one discovery and then another.â€â€”Boston Sunday Globe

â€œAbsorbing.â€â€”Wired

â€œ[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.â€â€”Bust

â€œIdentical Strangers has all the heart-stopping drama youâ€™d expect. But it has so much moreâ€”the authorsâ€™ 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 birthâ€”the germination and flowering of sisterly love.â€â€”Deborah Tannen, #1 New York Times bestsellingÂ author ofÂ You Just Donâ€™t Understand

â€œA transfixing memoir.â€â€”Publishers Weekly
Country USA
Brand Random House Trade Paperbacks
Manufacturer Random House Publishing Group
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780812975659
Color White
ReleaseDate 2008-10-14
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780812975659

Country	USA
Brand	Random House Trade Paperbacks
Manufacturer	Random House Publishing Group
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9780812975659
Color	White
ReleaseDate	2008-10-14
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780812975659

Identical Strangers: A Memoir of Twins Separated and Reunited

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