Vanishing Twins, Leah Dieterich
Vanishing Twins, Leah Dieterich
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Vanishing Twins
A Marriage

Author: Leah Dieterich

Narrator: Leah Dieterich

Unabridged: 4 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/25/2018


Synopsis

As long as she can remember, Leah has had the mysterious feeling that she's searching for a twin—that she belongs as one of an intimate pair. It begins with friends, dance partners, and her own reflection in the mirror as she studies ballet growing up; continues with physical and emotional attractions to girlfriends in college; and leads her, finally, to Eric, whom she moves across the country for and marries. But her steadfast, monogamous relationship leaves her with questions she can't answer about her sexuality and her identity, so she and her husband decide to try an open marriage.

How does a young couple make room for their individual desires, their evolving selfhoods, and their artistic ambitions while building a life together? Can they pursue other sexual partners, even live in separate cities, and keep their passionate original bond alive? Vanishing Twins looks for answers in psychology, science, pop culture, art, architecture, Greek mythology, dance, and language, to create a lucid, suspenseful portrait of a woman testing the limits and fluidities of love.

About Leah Dieterich

Leah Dieterich's essays and short fiction have been published by Buzzfeed, Bomb magazine, the Nervous Breakdown, and the Offing. She lives in Portland, Oregon, and Los Angeles, California, with her husband and daughter.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jyoti

Actually 3.5 Stars ... The promise of this book checked all of the boxes: great independent publisher, woman, fragments, memoir, open relationship, metaphor. However, even though I devoured it (fragments make a quick read) there was something nagging at me the whole time I read it, and it did not rea......more

Goodreads review by Anete

Vēl nebija gadījies lasīt grāmatu, kas it ka nav fikcijas grāmata, bet šķiet sarakstīta dzejprozā. Leah ir sieviete, kas iepazīst sevi kā personu, savu biseksualitāti, attiecības ar vīru un citiem cilvēkiem, izmantojot sev tuvo baleta pasauli, kas tik ilgus gadus ir bijusi visa viņas dzīve, kā arī d......more

Goodreads review by Kevin

Leah Dieterich weaves a few different themes through her memoir but the strongest threads that make Vanishing Twins a remarkable reading experience are the ones about her marriage. The flow of fragmented ruminations and life stories boldly push the emotional envelope of love and trust. Sometimes whe......more