A review by judyward
Twin: A Memoir by Allen Shawn

3.0

An interesting memoir about separated twins and autism. Allen and Mary Shawn were born in 1948 and by the time Mary was 2 years old, she was already exhibiting signs of autism. By the time they were eight years old, Mary was removed from the family and placed in a residential facility. She never lived with the family again. The author deals with the strains that autism can place on a family, the effects that the separation from his twin has had on his life, and the evolution of the medical community's attitude toward autism.