Identical strangers : a memoir of twins separated and reunited / Elyse Schein, Paula Bernstein.
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TextPublication details: Sydney : Hachette Livre Australia, 2007Description: 270 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 23 cmISBN: 9780733623196 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Schein, Elyse, 1968- | Bernstein, Paula, 1968- | Twins -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography | Sisters -- Family relationships | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- Biography | Paris (France) -- Biography | Oklahoma -- BiographyDDC classification: 306.8750922 Summary: 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. When Elyse contacted her adoption agency, she was not prepared for the shocking, life-changing news she received: She had an identical twin sister. Elyse was then hit with another bombshell: she and her sister had been separated as infants, and for a time, had been 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 the 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.
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| wnor- Book | Northam Northam Adult Nonfiction | 306.8754 SCH (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 31111035494309 |
Previous ed.: New York : Random House, 2007.
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. When Elyse contacted her adoption agency, she was not prepared for the shocking, life-changing news she received: She had an identical twin sister. Elyse was then hit with another bombshell: she and her sister had been separated as infants, and for a time, had been 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 the 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.
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