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    612-822-4611

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Her

Her

Parravani, Christa Nichole

Paperback

ArtistsBiographies GeneralGeneral Parenting

Publisher Price: $23.99

ISBN10: 1250044391
ISBN13: 9781250044396
Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
Published: Feb 25 2014
Pages: 320
Weight: 0.90
Height: 0.90 Width: 5.40 Depth: 8.30
Language: English

Wall Street Journal, Favorite Books of the Year 2013
Cosmopolitan, Best Books of the Year for Women
Library Journal, Best Books of 2013
Salon, Best Books of 2013

Haunting... more than a beautifully written memoir. [A] powerful and raw love letter.--The Washington Post

A BLAZINGLY PASSIONATE MEMOIR OF IDENTITY AND LOVE: WHEN A CHARISMATIC AND TROUBLED YOUNG WOMAN DIES TRAGICALLY, HER IDENTICAL TWIN MUST STRUGGLE TO SURVIVE

Christa Parravani and her identical twin, Cara, were linked by a bond that went beyond siblinghood, beyond sisterhood, beyond friendship. Raised up from poverty by a determined single mother, the gifted and beautiful twins were able to create a private haven of splendor and merriment between themselves and then earn their way to a prestigious college and to careers as artists (a photographer and a writer, respectively) and to young marriages. But, haunted by childhood experiences with father figures and further damaged by being raped as a young adult, Cara veered off the path to robust work and life and in to depression, drugs and a shocking early death.

A few years after Cara was gone, Christa read that when an identical twin dies, regardless of the cause, 50 percent of the time the surviving twin dies within two years; and this shocking statistic rang true to her. Flip a coin, she thought, those were my chances of survival. First, Christa fought to stop her sister's downward spiral; suddenly, she was struggling to keep herself alive.

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