Twice the Family

Twice the Family: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Sisterhood
Twice the Family
Julie Ryan McGue
Growing up as an adoptee and identical twin, Julie McGue will take you on her journey for identity and individuality, searching for answers through tragedy and adversity in this coming-of-age memoir, set in Chicago’s western suburbs between the 1960s and ’80s.

About the Author

Julie Ryan McGue is an American writer, a domestic adoptee, and an identical twin. Her first memoir, Twice a Daughter released in May 2021, won multiple awards. She writes a weekly blog and monthly column (The Beacher Newspapers), in which she explores the topics of finding out who you are, where you belong and making sense of it. Julie splits her time between northwest Indiana and Sarasota, Florida.