The Surviving Twin - A Memoir of Asperger's, Anorexia and Loss

This memoir chronicles the unique ordeals of identical twin sisters Diana and Julia Lockwood. Even among twins, Diana and Julia were especially close and deeply entwined--they were more than just sisters or best friends, they were like one soul in two bodies. While their total attunement sometimes saved them in funny and unexpected ways, it also eventually destroyed them.
A survivor of sexual assault and anorexia and living with Asperger's, the author tells her own life story while weaving Julia's letters and journal entries into the text. While Diana survived the struggles that led her to three suicide attempts, her twin unfortunately took her own life only a year after their father did the same. This book explores the life and relationship of twins separated by tragedy and follows a woman's struggle to make it on her own.

List of contents

Table of Contents

¿1.¿"That one Diana/Julia girl"

¿2.¿The Changing Clock

¿3.¿Embarrassing Games

¿4.¿It's Easier to Stay Exactly the Same

¿5.¿Zitty and Unpretty

¿6.¿Ounce by Ounce

¿7.¿Kafkaesque

¿8.¿Still Forms in a Frenzy

¿9.¿A 95-Pound Body and a Weak Intellect

10.¿Feral Cats

11.¿Drunk Jack Lemmons

12.¿Playing Dead

13.¿Romantically Asexual

14.¿Saturnine Seekers

15.¿"Thanks for a good life"

16.¿The Rope Tightens

17.¿White Witches

18.¿Leave Me Alone

19.¿Empty Time Capsule

20.¿She Said

21.¿Lessons

22.¿The Crooked Mile

Afterword: Door to Nowhere

About the author

Diana Lockwood is currently focusing on her health and family life and resides in Northern California.

Product details

• Authors: Diana Lockwood
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.10.2020
• EAN: 9781476681900
• ISBN: 978-1-4766-8190-0
• No. of pages: 262
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 345 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; Biography: general, Memoirs, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Autism Spectrum Disorders, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / Eating Disorders, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Coping with death & bereavement, Eating disorders & therapy, Women's health, Women’s health, Coping with illness & specific conditions, Eating disorders and therapy, Autism & Asperger's Syndrome, Coping With Eating Disorders, Coping with / advice about death and bereavement, Coping with / advice about eating disorders, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs, Coping with / advice about autism spectrum disorder