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Identical twins' divergent lives amidst schizophrenia.

"Divided Minds" is a profoundly humanizing read. It delves into the complexities of mental illness through the intimate lens of family – specifically, twinship. If you're drawn to real stories that bring light to the challenges and bond between siblings, this book's raw honesty and unique dual perspective will captivate and educate you.

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ISBN: 9780312320652
Date of Publication: 2006-08-08
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Biographies & Memoirs
Goodreads rating: 3.99
(rated by 2926 readers)

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Growing up in the fifties, Carolyn Spiro was always in the shadow of her more intellectually dominant and social outgoing twin, Pamela. But as the twins approached adolescence, Pamela began to succumb to schizophrenia, hearing disembodied voices and eventually suffering many breakdowns and hospitalizations.Divided Minds is a dual memoir of identical twins, one of whom faces a life sentence of schizophrenia, and the other who becomes a psychiatrist, after entering the spotlight that had for so long been focused on her sister. Told in the alternating voices of the sisters, Divided Minds is a heartbreaking account of the far reaches of madness, as well as the depths of ambivalence and love between twins. It is a true and unusually frank story of identical twins with very different identities and wildly different experiences of the world around them.
 

Identical twins' divergent lives amidst schizophrenia.

"Divided Minds" is a profoundly humanizing read. It delves into the complexities of mental illness through the intimate lens of family – specifically, twinship. If you're drawn to real stories that bring light to the challenges and bond between siblings, this book's raw honesty and unique dual perspective will captivate and educate you.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.