Tuesday, February 12, 2008


I just finished reading Identical Strangers : a Memoir of Twins Separated and Reunited, jointly written by identical twins Elyse Schein and Paula Bernstein, two women who were reunited in their mid-30s after being split up as infants and adopted to different families that were unaware that their adoptive daughters were part of a set. The memoir is told from both women’s points of view: Elyse, who was ecstatic at finding her twin, having always felt something was missing from her life, and Paula, who had finally found happiness and wasn't looking for any changes to disrupt it. As the sisters become acquainted and begin to research their pasts, they discover they were part of a secret study conducted by a New York adoption agency that chronicled the development of twins that were adopted separately. Elyse and Paula suddenly find themselves challenged with uncovering the secrets of the study and the secrets of their own pasts. KPL has this book in both hardcover and audiobook formats, located at 306.8754 B5317 and COMPACT DISC 306.8754 B5317.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Did you "Read" it or "Listen" to it?

Kristen L. said...

I read it, but I think the audiobook version would be really interesting. The book frequently switched between each twin's writing, and it would probably work very well as an audiobook, since there are two separate narrators.

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