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Deliberately divided : inside the controversial study of twins and triplets adopted apart / Nancy L. Segal.

Author: Segal, Nancy L., 1951- author.

ImprintLanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2021]

Descriptionxvi, 501 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Note:Twin Studies: Illustrious and Ignoble -- Policies and People: Separated by Design -- How Did It Work? Inside the Twin Study -- Twin Brothers with Twin Sisters: Familiar Strangers -- "The Biggest Thing in My Life": Kathy and Betsy -- 60 Minutes: Media Inquiry -- Dancing Solo: Anne and Susan -- Identical, but Not the Same: Melanie and Ellen -- Parallel Lives: Howard and Doug -- "Three Versions of the Very Same Song": Identical Triplets -- Twinless Again: Sharon Morello -- Unpublished or Unavailable? In Search of the Findings -- Yale University Press: The Book That Never Was -- Not Just a Doppelgänger? Justin Goldberg -- Artists From Afar: Paula and Elyse -- Opportunities Lost: Paula and Marjorie -- Fraternal, Almost Identical: Michele and Allison -- Letters of Protest: Oscars and Emmys -- Professional Standards: Codes of Conduct, Legalities and Moralities -- Over or Unfinished? Continuing Controversies.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 479-488) and index.

Note:"In Deliberately Divided, Nancy L. Segal revisits a controversial study that tracked the development of separated twins and triplets. None of the adoptive parents were told that they were raising a multiple birth baby. The truth was shocking for these parents and twins, many of whom have shared their unimaginable stories for the first time."-- Provided by publisher.

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