The Yale Review | Jean Garnett: "There I Almost Am"
An essay by Jean Garnett: "Recently, I walked into a small grocery store near my house and the owner, a shy but sociable man, looked up at me and said, 'Are you you, or the other one?'"
The Yale Review | Jean Garnett: "There I Almost Am" Essays There I Almost Am On envy and twinship Jean Garnett For the author and her twin, pictured here on vacation in York Harbor, Maine in 1989, meeting new people has always involved a sort of flag planting, an expectation to be seen as more "real" than the other. Courtesy Jean Garnett. Photo illustration by Bianca Ibarlucea. Recently, I walked into a small grocery store near my house and the owner, a shy but sociable man, looked up at me and said, “Are you you , or the other one?” “i always wanted a twin,” some singletons say, and I believe
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