Only Child by Deborah Siegel
What is it really like to be an only child?In this insightful and entertaining collection, writers including Judith Thurman, Kathryn Harrison, John Hodgman, and Peter Ho Davies reflect on a lifetime of being an only. They describe what it's like to be an only child of divorce, an only because of the death of a sibling, an only who reveled in it, or an only who didn't. As adults searching for partners, they are faced with the unique challenge of trying to turn their family units of three into units of four, and as they watch their parents age, they come face-to-face with the onus of being their families' sole historians.
Whether you're an only child, the partner or spouse of an only, a parent pondering whether to stop at one, or a curious sibling, Only Child offers a look behind the scenes and into the hearts of twenty-one smart and sensitive writers as they reveal the truth about growing up-and being a grown-up-solo.
For ten years, Daphne Uviller was the supervisor of her family's building in the West Village. She has written for the New York Times, Washington Post, Newsday, New York, Allure, and Self, and was a former Books/Poetry editor for Time Out New York. She is a third-generation Greenwich Villager who currently lives with her husband and two children in the flat she grew up in.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780307238078 |
| ISBN 10 | 0307238075 |
| Title | Only Child |
| Author | Deborah Siegel |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 2008-02-26 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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