One and the Same
Posted on June 16, 2010
A few months ago I was contacted by author Abigail Pogrebin about her book One and the Same: My Life as an Identical Twin and What I’ve Learned About Everyone’s Struggle to Be Similar. The general public finds twins totally fascinating. Everywhere I go people will stare or stop me to ask if my daughters are twins. Sometimes they even ask my daughters what their names are and how old there are. While I understand they are just curious, it sometimes makes me uneasy.
There are a lot of things I like about being a mom of twins, but there are many things that are not so fun. For some twins they might experience these highs and lows too. In Abigail’s book it seems that she found solace in her twinship, while her sister longed to be her own individual.
Abigail addresses many issues within her book that are often overlooked, such as twins via fertility treatments. In her interview with Twins Magazine she mentions “The hope in the chapter is realizing that Single Embryo Transfer (SET) is really effective and much safer. If that could be the new world and it could be covered by insurance.” AMEN! Thanks Abigail. This is has been one of my arguments for a long time.
Within the book are parenting tips for parents with twins. As a mom of twins I try to promote individuality, but the Abigail believes that encouraging twinship is good too. The book provides insight as to why some twin relationships are close and others are not. We make generalizations that all twins are close, but was with any sibling this is not always the case.
For more information about One and the Same visit Abigail Pogrebin’s blog and purchase the book from the store of your choice (options on the left side of the page).
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Great info. More things I haven’t thought about before!