Double Billing

by Dinah Miller

Emily's life becomes chaotic when she meets the twin she never knew she had. As a psychiatrist, she was used to analyzing other people and their lives, but now she is forced to take a long, hard look at her own. In this unique and intriguing story, two women struggle as they sort out their own lives and figure out how they fit into each others'. "A compelling and intriguing story...a read not to be missed!" ---Barbara Wilkov, co-creator of the award-winning website, Motherrr.com Dinah Miller is a psychiatrist and writer in Baltimore. Cover art by Natalie Adachi Giraffe House Press

Genres: Fiction

229 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 20, 2012

Reviews

[Becca · Rating 2 out of 5]

On the one hand, this book totally fulfilled it's purpose: free ebook that was handy on my smart phone for reading while pumping. On the other hand, it wasn't good for much else. It was clearly self-published, in that it wanted desperately for an editor: characters names changes (Sandra Klee Mason was Sandra Mason Klee in every other chapter); there were factual errors (as someone who lives on South 45th St, I can tell you that there's no West 45th St in Philadelphia and anything east of about 50th street no longer has the West Philadelphia connotation that Dr. Miller seemed to be going for, anyway.) But even putting that aside, the book was both oddly shallow and simultaneously, obviously written by a psychiatrist, rife with psychoanalysis of every character's motivations. The plot was very thin and very predictable, although some threads (such as bone marrow transplant) were dropped never to be heard from again.

[Knot (Claire-Edith) Telling · Rating 2 out of 5]

The concept is intriguing, but I found the writing heavy going. In fact, I didn't finish it, which almost never happens.

I know the author can write--I read her blog posts regularly. It may be that she needs a little more practice in the longer form of novel writing.

Not a bad book at all. Just didn't pull me in.

[Angie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Yup , there are errors in the book , but despite it all I loved the story .

[Jenni · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good story. Somehow doesn't flow very well when reading and characters can get confused with similar names. Didn't actually induce an emotional response, it was more like reading clinical case notes.

[Ruth Loizides · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5 stars. Excellent, challenging, thought provoking read. Interesting characters. Twists and turns. Sad events. Totally engaging