"The end of my innocence and childhood began in 1957. It is remarkable to me now just how little I knew then about the…"

"My brother and I were born strangers. Same last name, same address, but everything else about us was different. Back …"

"Everything Jacey wanted in life, the Abbotts already had: their cars, money, country clubs. But in the beginning, mor…"

"I had always thought of Eleanor Abbott as just another stuck-up rich girl, a flirt, a tease. But she proved to be a b…"

"My brother was more successful at reinventing himself than I was. Jacey's parties at the University of Pennsylvania w…"

"Although I share Jacey's Abbott interest in the opposite sex, I obviously lacked his consummate skills. When Jacey ca…"

"My mother's life had been damaged by a lie, and my brother was forever lost in a maze of illusions that lie had creat…"

"Although she seemed unique to me then, I now know that the world is filled with working women raising children by the…"

"The truth about our mother and Lloyd didn't comfort Jacey, because the truth seemed to him just as unfair as the lie …"

"[to Jacey] I have plans for my daughters, Mr. Holt, they don't include you. I know you: I know you better than you kn…"