Twin A: A Memoir

Shortlyafter learning they would become the parents of twins, the physician-writerAmit Majmudar and his wife received a devastating in utero diagnosis: oneof the twins had a potentially fatal congenital heart defect. Written inthe form of an extended letter, Twin A recounts the epic story of theopen-heart surgeries, complications, and prolonged recoveries that Majmudar'sson survived in infancy and early childhood. But the narrative turns intosomething much richer and more expansive than the mere