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In Deliberately Divided, Nancy 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.
List of contents
Acknowledgements
Preface
I. d how the situation mya be appropriately addressed.gregius s findings from visits with two sets of accidentII. I. Twin Studies: Illustrious and Ignoble
II. Separated by Design: Policy and People
III. Inside the Twin Study: How Did It Work?
IV. Familiar Strangers: Twin Brothers with Twin Sisters
V. Kathy and Betsy: "The Biggest Thing in My Life"
VI. Media Inquiry: Sixty Minutes
VII. Anne and Susan: Dancing Solo
VIII. Melanie and Ellen: Identical, but Not the Same
IX. Doug & Howard: Parallel Lives
X. Identical Triplets: Three Versions of the Same Song
XI. Sharon: Twinless Again
XII. In Search of the Findings: Unpublished or Unavailable?
XIII. The Book That Never Was: Yale University Press
XIV. Justin: Not Just a Doppelgänger?
XV. Paula and Elyse: Artists From Afar
XVI. Paula and Marjorie: Opportunities Lost
XVII. Michele and Allison: Fraternal, Almost Identical
XVIII. Letters of Protest: Oscars and Emmys
XIX. Professional Standards: Codes of Conduct, Legalities and Moralities
XX. Controversies: Over or Unfinished?
Notes
Index
About the Author
About the author
Nancy L. Segal, PhD, is a Psychology Professor, and Director and Founder of the Twin Studies Center at California State University, Fullerton. She has authored over 300 scholarly articles and eight books. Her 2012 book, Born Together-Reared Apart: The Landmark Minnesota Twin Study, won the American Psychological Association’s William James Book Award. Her recent work, Deliberately Divided: Inside the Controversial Study of Twins and Triplets Adopted Apart, was the focus of a July 2022 BBC-TV documentary. Her work has been featured in the New York Times and Atlantic Monthly. She has appeared on national and international televised programs, including the Oprah Winfrey Show, Good Morning America, the Today Show and the BBC. Her latest book is an annotated collection of photographs taken at the Holocaust twins’ 40th anniversary reunion and hearing on Josef Mengele’s war crimes. Segal lives and works in southern California.
Summary
In Deliberately Divided, Nancy 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.
