{"product_id":"my-sisters-continent-paperback","title":"My Sister's Continent - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGina Frangello\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLidia Yuknavitch\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA new edition of Frangello's explosive retelling of Freud's infamous \"Dora\" case study\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Kirby is a young woman attempting to come to terms with a failed bout of therapy and the truth about her identical twin, Kendra. Since girlhood, Kirby both idolized and envied Kendra, a fearless and charismatic ballet dancer who commanded the attention of everyone in their orbit. In the aftermath of tragedy, Kirby is sent a case study by a former psychiatrist intent on publishing a distorted version of her family's secrets. She responds by using Kendra's private and revealing journals to reconstruct their final months together, as well as her own \"disastrous\" time in therapy, to voice her own truth. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Freud's \"Dora,\" a young woman whose mysterious symptoms he contentiously chalked up to \"hysteria,\" appears at turns in the faces of each twin as they navigate a world of sexuality, familial dysfunction, and possibly-psychosomatic ailments. Reissued with a new foreword by Lidia Yuknavitch, Frangello's groundbreaking early novel brings \"Dora\" into a new era. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGINA FRANGELLO\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of six books, including the memoir \u003ci\u003eBlow Your House Down: A Story of Family, Feminism, and Treason\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Editor's Choice, the novel \u003ci\u003eA Life in Men\u003c\/i\u003e, and the short-story collection \u003ci\u003eSlut Lullabies\u003c\/i\u003e, also published by Northwestern University Press. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 416\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 15, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47080937357451,"sku":"9780810149779","price":38.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/2579\/7259\/files\/hdGH1Le8TV9780810149779.webp?v=1779875426","url":"https:\/\/thetaletrade.com\/products\/my-sisters-continent-paperback","provider":"The Tale Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}