Divided Minds : Twin Sisters and Their Journey Through Schizophrenia

by Spiro, Carolyn; Wagner, Pamela Spiro

• ISBN13: 9780312320645
• ISBN10: 0312320647
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-08-01
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press

Summary

A riveting true story of sisters who were identical, until the voices began D ivided Mindsis a dual memoir of identical twins (now fiftytwo), one of whom faces a life sentence of schizophrenia, and the other who becomes a psychiatrist, after growing up in the shadow of her more 'brilliant' twin. Told in the alternating voices of the sisters, Divided Mindsis a heartbreaking account of the depths of madness, as well as the depths of ambivalence and love between twins.

Author Biography

PAMELA SPIRO WAGNER is a writer and poet living in Wethersfield, Connecticut. She is the winner of the 1993 Connecticut Mental Health Media Award, Tunxis Poetry Review First Prize for three consecutive years, and the 2002 BBC International Poetry Award. Her work has appeared in The Hartford Courant, Tikkun, Trinity Review, Midwest Poetry Review, and LA Weekly. CAROLYN S. SPIRO, M.D., is a private practice psychiatrist and writer living in Wilton, Connecticut. Pamela and Carolyn worked together for three years on Divided Minds.