Identical

Identical

Author: Ellen Hopkins

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2008-08-26

Total Pages: 592

ISBN-13: 1416984658

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Beneath their perfect family façade, twin sisters struggle alone with impossible circumstances and their own demons until they finally learn to fight for each other in this poignant tour de force from #1 New York Times bestselling author Ellen Hopkins. Sixteen-year-old Kaeleigh and Raeanne are identical down to the dimple. As daughters of a district court judge father and a politician mother, they are an all-American family…on the surface. Underneath run very deep and damaging secrets. What really happened in the car accident that Daddy caused? And why is Mom never home, always running far away to pursue some new dream? The girls themselves have become hopelessly divided over the years. Sick of losing Daddy’s game of favorites, Raeanne turns to painkillers, alcohol, and sex to dull her pain her anger. Kaeleigh tries to be her father’s perfect little flower, but being the misplaced focus of his sexual attention has her seeking control anywhere she can—even if it means cutting herself and unhealthy binge and purge eating. Secrets like the ones the twins are harboring are not meant to be kept—from each other or anyone else. Before long, it's obvious that neither sister can handle their problems alone, and one must step up to save the other, but the question is…who?


Almost Identical #1

Almost Identical #1

Author: Lin Oliver

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2012-09-27

Total Pages: 225

ISBN-13: 1101567147

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Identical twins Sammie and Charlie are starting out seventh grade at a brand-new school. As they make new friends, and join different clubs, the sisters (and once inseparable best friends) start to grow further and further apart. Told from Sammie's point of view, this moving yet funny story will be gobbled up by middle-school girls!


Identical

Identical

Author: Scott Turow

Publisher: Grand Central Publishing

Published: 2013-10-15

Total Pages: 384

ISBN-13: 1455527211

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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Testimony comes a thrilling novel of murder, sex, and betrayal. State Senator Paul Giannis is a candidate for Mayor of Kindle County. His identical twin brother Cass is newly released from prison, 25 years after pleading guilty to the murder of his girlfriend, Dita Kronon. When Evon Miller, an ex-FBI agent who is the head of security for the Kronon family business, and private investigator Tim Brodie begin a re-investigation of Dita's death, they find themselves ensnared in a tangle of deception - as only Scott Turow could weave. PRAISE FOR IDENTICAL "A compulsively readable tale." - Los Angeles Times "Smart and wise." - Washington Post "Ambitious and richly realized...Broad in scope and epic in nature, this is as great a novel as a thriller." - Providence Journal


Identical Twins

Identical Twins

Author: Joleen Loucks Greenwood

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2018-10-31

Total Pages: 155

ISBN-13: 1498576125

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Identical Twins explores the unique status of twinship and how it can affect personal and familial relationships with siblings, romantic partners, and friends. Drawing from the rich qualitative data from over one hundred interviews, Joleen Loucks Greenwood shares the benefits and challenges associated with the experience of being an identical twin and discusses ways in which all social relationships are positively and negatively impacted by this dynamic. This book is a must-read for family scholars, such as family sociologists who study family and sibling relationships as well as psychologists who focus on personal and social relationships, as well as anyone interested in the study of identical twins.


One and the Same

One and the Same

Author: Abigail Pogrebin

Publisher: Anchor

Published: 2010-10-05

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 0307279626

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Journalist Abigail Pogrebin is many things—wife, mother, New Yorker—but the one that has defined her most profoundly is “identical twin.” As children, she and her sister, Robin, were inseparable. But when Robin began to pull away as an adult, Abigail was left to wonder not only why, but also about the very nature of twinship. What does it mean to have a mirror image? How can you be unique when somebody shares your DNA? In One and the Same, Abigail sets off on a quest to understand how genetics shape us, crisscrossing the country to explore the varied relationships between twins, which range from passionate to bitterly resentful. She speaks to the experts and tries to answer the question parents ask most—is it better to encourage their separateness or closeness? And she paints a riveting portrait of twin life, yielding fascinating truths about how we become who we are.


Identical Strangers

Identical Strangers

Author: Paula Bernstein

Publisher: Hachette UK

Published: 2012-03-01

Total Pages: 229

ISBN-13: 0733628931

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Elyse Shein had always known she was adopted, but it wasn't until her mid-thirties 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. 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, Paul's life suddenly divided into two starkly different periods: the time before and the time after she learned the truth. As they reunite and take their tentative first steps from strangers to sisters, Paul and Elyse learn that they were separated at birth as part of a secret study conducted by a pair of influential psychiatrists. They write with emotional honesty about the immediate intimacy they share as twins and the wide chasm that divides them as two complete strangers. Interweaving eye-opening studies and statistics on twin science into their story, IDENTICAL STRANGERS offers an intelligent and heartfelt glimpse into human nature. It is an account that broadens the definition of family and provides insight into our own DNA and the singularly exceptional imprint it leaves on our lives.


The Miracle of Bio-identical Hormones

The Miracle of Bio-identical Hormones

Author: Michael E. Platt

Publisher: Wendy Jane Carrel

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13: 9780977668328

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The 2nd edition of Michael E. Platt, M.D.'s ground-breaking health book, The Miracle of Bio-Identical Hormones, How I Lost My... fatigue, hot flashes, ADHD, ADD, fibromyalgia, PMS, osteoporosis, weight, sexual dysfunction, anger, migraines., provides many answers to common medical problems, and explains how balancing your hormones can contribute to your well-being and your long-term health. Outstanding praise has been received for this intelligently written book by wellness colleagues, book reviewers, and patients from around the world for its new ideas and unique perspective on hormones and preventive medicine.Dr. Platt explores how natural (non-synthetic) bio-identical hormones can have the power to heal many maladies often considered incurable. This is the most important health book published this year, or any year for that matter. It's an easy, fascinating, highly-informative, even life-changing read, states Barbara Morris, compounding pharmacist and author of Put Old On Hold. The book is also considered an excellent primer for compounding pharmacists and the wellness community.


Twice as Nice

Twice as Nice

Author: Lin Oliver

Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 0448464470

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When thirteen-year-old Charlie compromises her values to help Lauren, one of the popular girls, cheat on a test, her identical twin sister, Sammie, is inadvertantly pulled into the mess.