TITLE: THE LONE TWIN: Understanding Twin  Bereavement and Loss AUTHOR: Woodward, Joan ISBN hb: 1 85343 378 0 ISBN pb: 1 85343 374 8 PAGES: 240 LIST PRICE hb: £ 35.00 ($ 50.00) LIST PRICE pb: £ 15.95 ($ 25.00) PUB DATE: 1998

 
 

DESCRIPTION: Twins hold fascination for many people. We are intrigued by the twin's closeness. But what happens when twins are separated, especially by death? 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.