Intimate Portraits Of Sibling Relationships

Synopsis

A woman who gave birth to a baby for her sister... brothers who fought each other
in the Supreme Court over the family farm... two sisters who survived Auschwitz
together, one convincing the other to choose life over death ... a famous actress
and her not-so-famous-sister ... five loving siblings of whom four are adopted
from different racial backgrounds ...

These are some of the brothers and sisters who illustrate the high high drama and
low comedy of sibling relationships in revealing interviews with author Joan
Sauers. The nature and causes of sibling rivalry as well as the sibling bond are
explored in this fascinating collection of true stories. As unusual and as varied as
they are, however, these relationships are also in many ways universal. Even the
experience of being an only child is illuminated.

Sauers also provides an opportunity for the reader to discover more about his or
her own sibling relationships with a tear-out questionnaire.

Sometimes sad, often hysterically funny, Brothers and Sisters is a book for
everyone, and especially for those who still have arguments about who was the
favourite child.