Tell Me Who I Am, Alex And Marcus Lewis
Tell Me Who I Am, Alex And Marcus Lewis
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Tell Me Who I Am
The extraordinary story behind the Netflix documentary

Author: Alex And Marcus Lewis, Joanna Hodgkin

Narrator: Ben Allen, Rachael Beresford

Unabridged: 9 hr 29 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Coronet

Published: 10/10/2019


Synopsis

Now an original Netflix documentary: the bestselling account of the love between brothers and the shocking legacy of a dangerous mother.

Imagine waking up one day to discover that you have forgotten everything about your life. Your only link with the past, your only hope for the future, is your identical twin.

Now imagine, years later, discovering that your twin had not told you the whole truth about your childhood, your family, and the forces that had shaped you. Why the secrets? Why the silences? You have no choice but to begin again.

This has been Alex's reality: a world where memories are just the stories people tell you, where fact and fiction are impossible to distinguish. With dogged courage he has spent years hunting for the truth about his hidden past and his remarkable family. His quest to understand his true identity has revealed shocking betrayals and a secret tragedy, extraordinary triumph over crippling adversity and, above all, redemption founded on brotherly love.

Marcus his twin brother has sometimes been a reluctant companion on this journey, but for him too it has led to staggering revelations and ultimately the shedding of impossible burdens.

Their story spans continents and eras, from 1950s debutantes and high society in the Home Counties to a remote island in the Pacific and 90s raves. Disturbing, funny, heart-breaking and affirming, Alex and Marcus's determination to rebuild their lives makes us look afresh at how we choose to tell our stories.

(P) 2019 Hodder & Stoughton Ltd

Reviews

Goodreads review by Sharon on April 03, 2024

Read this book non-stop on a six hour airplane flight. Fascinating, horrendous, and incredibly well told. Highly recommend!......more

Goodreads review by Nik on June 28, 2015

The book is very oddly written. Something about the style felt almost child-like and overly simple. There's tons of telling instead of showing. The third part of the book borders on the unreadable -- an almost verbatim transcript of conversations that add very little to the overall story. The story i......more

Goodreads review by Beth (bibliobeth) on September 02, 2013

This story is about a family, in particular twin boys, who are raised in a well-to-do family in England filled with joy and laughter on the outside, but on the inside it is a very different story. There are horrific secrets of sexual and emotional abuse carried out against the male children of the f......more

Goodreads review by Lisanne on July 07, 2021

I enjoyed every part of this unusual story. The first thing that I took from watching this movie, is the blurred boundaries between our memories and reality and that everything in life somehow seems to be connected. We all have things in our lives that we decide not to look at. Because they are too......more

Goodreads review by Claudia on November 12, 2019

I recently watched the documentary based on Alex and Marcus’ story and was fascinated by it. I looked forward to learning more about their background, which this book does provide. However, it is not at all well written, and the final section is confusing and pointless. But their story and courage i......more