ONE AND THE SAME

288 Pages·2009·2.69 MB·English

by  Wendy Musselman

O N E S A M E
AND THE
also by abigail pogrebin
Stars of David
O N E S A M E
AND THE
My Life as an Identical Twin
and What I’ve Learned About
Everyone’s Struggle to Be Singular
A B I G A I L P O G R E B I N
••
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Copyright © 2009by Abigail Pogrebin
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library of congress cataloging-in-publication data
Pogrebin, Abigail.
One and the same : my life as an identical twin and what I’ve learned
about everyone’s struggle to be singular / Abigail Pogrebin. — 1st ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
1. Twins—Psychology. 2. Twins—Biography. I. Title.
BF723.T9.P64 2009
155.44'4—dc22
2009011195
ISBN 978-0-385-52156-7
printed in the united states of america
1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2
first edition
For Robin, for everything
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I wouldn’t be myselfwithout her.
—allen shawn, WISH I COULD BE THERE
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CONTENTS
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introduction
1
1 the mecca: twinsburg
13
2 embryo to end zone: tiki and ronde
barber
31
3 identicals: a love story
47
4 you deplete me: competition
81
5 risky business: the shoals of birthing
twins
105
6 twin shock 101
122
7 making the break: separation
146
8 and then there was one
169
9 splitting the difference: when identical
twins differ
195
10 cruel dna: the lords
219
11 me and my shadow: exploring
doubleness
237
12 but for her
245
epilogue
254
acknowledgments
259
notes
261
bibliography
273