The Sibling Effect, Jeffrey Kluger
The Sibling Effect, Jeffrey Kluger
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The Sibling Effect
What the Bonds Among Brothers and Sisters Reveal About Us

Author: Jeffrey Kluger

Narrator: Pete Larkin

Unabridged: 8 hr 57 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 09/20/2011

Synopsis

Nobody affects us as deeply as our brothers and sisters—not parents, not children, not friends. From the time we—and they—are born, our siblings are our collaborators and co-conspirators, our role models and cautionary tales. They teach us how to resolve conflicts and how not to, how to conduct friendships and when to walk away. Our siblings are the only people we know who truly qualify as partners for life.

In this groundbreaking book, renowned science writer Jeffrey Kluger explores the complex world of siblings in a way that's equal parts science, psychology, sociology, and memoir. Based heavily on new and emerging research, The Sibling Effect examines birth order, ongoing twin studies, genetic encoding of behavioral traits, how emotional disorders can affect—and be affected by—sibling relationships, and much more.

With his signature insight and humor, Kluger takes big ideas about siblings and turns them into smart, accessible writing that will help anyone understand the importance of siblings in our lives.

About Jeffrey Kluger

Jeffrey Kluger is a senior editor and writer at Time magazine. He is the coauthor of the bestseller Apollo 13 and the author of Simplexity, Splendid Solution, Journey Beyond Selene, Moon Hunters, and two novels for young adults. He lives in New York City with his wife and daughters.

Reviews

Goodreads review by O_susannah on August 15, 2012

So I wanted to like this book a lot better than I ended up actually liking it. I'm really interested in sibling dynamics, especially in the effects of birth order. And he definitely talks about these things. But the book, to me, tried to be too many things at once. It tried to cover too much ground,......more

Goodreads review by Jt on November 21, 2012

I have always defined myself, in part, by my place in my family. I am the fifth child in a family of nine siblings and the first daughter of two daughters. My sister is the eighth child in the family and we are separated by 7 years. Our parents were married at the close of WW2 and we grew up under......more

Goodreads review by Nancy on December 23, 2012

So far my entirely unscientific conclusion from this pseudo-scientific book is that if you want to give your offspring equal chances at success and happiness you should either have just one(no division of parental resources) or 4+ (division so great no one is favored over any other). As a parent of......more

Goodreads review by Guillermo on July 06, 2017

Creo que el título puede ser un tanto engañoso, pues Kluger lo que termina haciendo es un compendio de notas de divulgación científica (sin mucho rigor, o casi nulo, puesto que no hay referencias bibliográficas) al respecto de la complejidad, y de cómo cualquier problema que nos rodea como especie,......more

Goodreads review by Anne on March 13, 2012

Ugh, I'm throwing in the towel on this one - it just wasn't scholarly enough for me (ok, it wasn't scholarly at all!). Sure, the author reported on an assortment of sibling studies done (not that he cited his sources) but then he followed it up with how it applied to his own family. And worst of all......more

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