Twins hold fascination for many people.
We are intrigued by the twin's closeness. Using John Bowlby's Attachment Theory as her conceptual base and illustrated by the words of lone twins themselves, the author takes the reader through the closeness of being a twin, including its negative aspects and their need to be different from each other. Topics include death and bereavement, parental attitudes to the surviving twin, the surviving twin's guilt and bereavement in childhood and in adulthood and the psychological effects in later life for children who lost their twin at birth.