Original kin

When we hear the word sibling, we automatically think rivalry. From the Bible to Freud to the latest celebrity interview, bonds with sisters and brothers are assumed to be fundamentally and permanently problematic. This ground-breaking book challenges that age-old belief by explaining how and why our adult sisters and brothers matter deeply to us - and we to them - and how we can use that understanding to create more satisfying connections with them. Original Kin begins with a deceptively simple question: Why bother? What makes our adult sibling bonds distinctly different from any other…