Twin: A Memoir - Hardcover

Shawn, Allen

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ISBN 10: 1410436160 ISBN 13: 9781410436160

Publisher: Thorndike Pr, 2011

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When Allen Shawn and his twin sister, Mary, were two, she began exhibiting signs of what would be diagnosed many years later as autism. At the age of eight, with almost no warning, her parents sent Mary to a residential treatment center, to never live at home again. Fifty years later, Shawn realized that his fate was inextricably linked to his sister's, and that their natures were far from being different.

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About the Author:

Allen Shawn grew up in New York. He currently lives in Vermont and teaches at Bennington College. As a composer, he has produced a large catalogue of orchestral, chamber, and piano works, as well as scores for ballet, theater, and film. He performs frequently as a pianist, and he has written for The Atlantic Monthly, The Times Literary Supplement, The New York Times Magazine, and other publications.

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