The Sibling Effect
by Jeffrey Kluger · Jeffrey Kluger
A science journalist's survey of research on how brothers and sisters shape one another, drawing on psychology, genetics and his own family. Readers come away understanding birth order, parental favoritism, rivalry and the lifelong influence of sibling bonds on personality and relationships.
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