Andrew W.M. Beierle (born August 5, 1951)

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Andrew W.M. Beierle (born August 5, 1951) is a California-based professional communicator with thirty years experience at two of the nation's leading private research universities. He has studied at the Bread Loaf, Sewanee, Napa Valley, and Kenyon Review writers' workshops.

Since March 2007, he has been a private consultant to higher education and nonprofits, specializing in publication redesign and management and precision web design for niche clients. He also is the author of two critically acclaimed novels and a stock photographer currently ranked in the top 150 member downloads on the web site Stock Exchange.

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First Person Plural by Andrew W.M. Beierle
Paperback: 304 pages
Publisher: Kensington (August 28, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0758219709
ISBN-13: 978-0758219701
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In this stunning novel, Andrew W.M. Beierle brings to life characters at once unthinkably foreign and utterly real. Frank and fearless, sexy and witty, First Person Plural is a masterfully rendered, powerfully imaginative work, as complex and as extraordinary as the bonds of love. Owen and Porter Jamison are conjoined twins inhabiting one body with two heads, one torso, and two very different hearts. As children, they're seen as a single entity-Owenandporter, or more often, Porterandowen. As they grow to adulthood, their differences become more pronounced: Porter is outgoing and charismatic while Owen is cerebral and artistic. When Porter becomes a high school jock hero, complete with cheerleader girlfriend, a greater distinction emerges, as Owen gradually comes to realize that he's gay. Owen, a reluctant romantic, is content at first to settle for unrequited crushes. Porter's unease with his brother's sexuality leaves Owen feeling increasingly alienated from his twin, especially when Porter falls in love with Faith, and Owen becomes the unwilling third side of a complicated love triangle. When Owen finally begins to explore his own desires, the rift grows deeper. As Porter and Owen's carefully balanced arrangement of give-and-take, sacrifice and selfishness, is irrevocably shattered, each twin is left fighting for his relationship-and his future-in a battle of wills where winning seems impossible, and losing unthinkable . . .

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