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A heartbreaking yet deeply hopeful memoir about life as a twin in the face of autism When Allen Shawn and his twin sister, Mary, were two years old, Mary commenced exhibiting signs or symptoms of what would be diagnosed years later as autism. Understanding Mary and making her life a happy one were impossible for the Shawns. With minimal warning, her parents sent Mary to a residential treatment center when she was eight years old. She never resided at home again. Fifty years later, as he probed the resources of his anxieties in Wish I POSSIBLY COULD Be There, Allen came to the realization that his fate was inextricably associated with his sister's which their natures were definately not being different. Twin highlights the down sides American families coping with autism confronted in the 1950s. Allen also examines the secrets and family dramas as his dad, William, became editor of the New Yorker. Twin reconstructs a parallel narrative for the two siblings, who experienced such divergent fates yet shared skills and proclivities. Wrenching, genuine, understated, and poetic, Twin reaches heart about the enigma to be inextricably bonded to someone who can't ever be truly recognized.ALLEN SHAWN was raised in New York. He currently lives in Vermont and demonstrates to at Bennington School. Like a composer, he has produced a sizable catalog of orchestral, chamber, and piano works, as well as scores for ballet, theater, and film. He functions frequently as a pianist, and he has written for the Atlantic Monthly, the changing times Literary Supplement, the New York Times Journal, and other publications.
