{"product_id":"9780143120223","title":"Twin: A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Extraordinary...An unsparing but deeply compassionate inquiry into [family] life.\" \u003cbr\u003e-Michiko Kakutani, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Allen Shawn probed the sources of his anxieties while writing the acclaimed \u003ci\u003eWish I Could Be There\u003c\/i\u003e, he realized that his fate was inextricably linked to his autistic twin sister. Mary, who has lived in a residency center for more than fifty years. \u003ci\u003eTwin\u003c\/i\u003e offers a deeply personal account of their divergent lives, and examines society's changing attitudes toward and understanding of autism. It also provides an intimate look at the Shawns' idiosyncratic family life with their father, the famed longtime editor of \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, William Shawn. Wrenching, honest, understated, and poetic, \u003ci\u003eTwin\u003c\/i\u003e is at heart about the mystery of being profoundly bonded to someone who can never be truly understood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47014507217136,"sku":"9780143120223","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780143120223_p0.jpg?v=1763656891","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780143120223","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}