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Who’s the Favorite?: The Loving, Messy Realities of Sibling Relationships
An insightful exploration of one of the most powerful—and overlooked—relationships in our lives, from award-winning documentarian and creator of the popular Relatively podcast Catherine Carr.
For many people, siblings are the people who know us the longest. These relationships often begin before friendships, marriages, and careers, and they can continue long after many other connections have changed. Brothers and sisters are witnesses to our earliest memories, keepers of family stories, and people who can understand our past in ways few others can.
A sibling can be a lifelong companion or a source of rivalry. They may be our greatest supporters, fiercest critics, closest confidants, or complete strangers. Yet despite their enormous influence, sibling relationships are often overlooked—even though research suggests they play a crucial role in shaping our personalities, identities, and the way we relate to others.
In Who’s the Favorite?, Catherine Carr draws on her own experience as a middle child and her years of exploring human connections as a documentarian to uncover what makes sibling bonds so complicated and enduring. Through dozens of conversations with brothers and sisters featured on her podcast, alongside psychological research, expert insights, and examples from popular culture, Carr examines the forces that shape sibling relationships.
She explores the roles we inherit within families, the labels that follow us throughout life, the humor and private languages siblings share, the wounds they carry together, and the moments that bring them closer—or drive them apart.
Blending investigative storytelling, personal reflection, and cultural analysis, Who’s the Favorite? offers a fascinating look at the bonds that shape our earliest understanding of love, loyalty, conflict, and belonging.
Thought-provoking, warm, and deeply human, this book reveals why our siblings may be some of the most important people in our lives—and what these complicated relationships teach us about ourselves and each other.
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