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Between Brothers & Sisters-
A Celebration of Life's Most
Enduring Relationship
by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
This most delightful collection of photographs, accompanied by
an original poem by the authors, will make you fall in love,
perhaps a second time, with the power and meaning of the sibling
relationship.
The authors were asked to write an introduction to a
collection of photographs of siblings. As they explain in the
introduction to this book:
" We were overwhelmed by the beauty and significance of
the raw material in our hands. Yes, we would do an introduction,
but we could never stop there. It would have to be our
book, the pictures we chose, the statement about 'siblingship' we
wanted to make. Yes, we would use some of these photographs, but
for the larger vision that was already beginning to form in our
minds, we would need many more pictures to chose from....
"As we selected and assembled, and reassembled the
pictures, we saw that we could not do justice to the tale that
was unfolding before us with ordinary prose. We tried. The words
wouldn't come. Each photograph was a poem and cried out for
poetic commentary....Once we allowed ourselves the freedom and
the rhythms of poetry, the writing flowed."
"By the time we completed our book, we had lost all
objectivity. We were hopelessly in love with each and every set
of siblings pictured. What had started out as an accommodation, a
favor to a friend, ended as a rich emotional education about the
meaning of the sibling relationship-its power and enduring
essence."
"We hope, dear reader, as you leaf through this book that
somewhere, on some page, you'll find yourself and your brother or
sister, and rediscover the meaning you have for each other."
Paperbound; 7¼" X 9¼"; 192 pages
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