The Surviving Twin: A Memoir of Asperger's, Anorexia and Loss

by Diana Lockwood

Overview

This memoir chronicles the unique ordeals of identical twin sisters Diana and Julia Lockwood. Even among twins, Diana and Julia were especially close and deeply entwined--they were more than just sisters or best friends, they were like one soul in two bodies. While their total attunement sometimes saved them in funny and unexpected ways, it also eventually destroyed them.

A survivor of sexual assault and anorexia and living with Asperger's, the author tells her own life story while weaving Julia's letters and journal entries into the text. While Diana survived the struggles that led her to three suicide attempts, her twin unfortunately took her own life only a year after their father did the same. This book explores the life and relationship of twins separated by tragedy and follows a woman's struggle to make it on her own.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781476681900
Publisher:	McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date:	10/30/2020
Pages:	262
Sales rank:	740,122
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.53(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Diana Lockwood is currently focusing on her health and family life and resides in Northern California.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

 1. “That one Diana/Julia girl”
 2. The Changing Clock
 3. Embarrassing Games
 4. It’s Easier to Stay Exactly the Same
 5. Zitty and Unpretty
 6. Ounce by Ounce
 7. Kafkaesque
 8. Still Forms in a Frenzy
 9. A 95-Pound Body and a Weak Intellect
10. Feral Cats
11. Drunk Jack Lemmons
12. Playing Dead
13. Romantically Asexual
14. Saturnine Seekers
15. “Thanks for a good life”
16. The Rope Tightens
17. White Witches
18. Leave Me Alone
19. Empty Time Capsule
20. She Said
21. Lessons
22. The Crooked Mile
Afterword: Door to Nowhere