Double Time: How I Survived-and Mostly Thrived-Through the First Three Years of Mothering Twins

Becoming a mother is rarely what you expect.

Jane Roper never expected she'd have twins--or that they'd be such a spirited twosome. She didn't expect that finding the right balance of work and home would be so tricky. And she certainly didn't expect she'd grapple with a diagnosis of bipolar disorder during her daughters' toddler years. But she also didn't anticipate just how much joy, laughter and self-discovery motherhood would bring.

Full of warmth, honesty, occasional advice, and a generous helping of humor, Double Time is a smart and engaging account of the first three years with multiples and a refreshingly candid and vulnerable look at clinical depression. It's a memoir that will resonate countless women--especially those parenting in double time.

JANE ROPER writes the popular Baby Squared blog on Babble.com and is the author of Eden Lake, a novel. Her writing has appeared in Poets & Writers, Salon, Slate, and TheRumpus, among other publications, and she holds an MFA from the Iowa Writer’s Workshop.Jane lives in the Boston area with her husband, singer-songwriter Alastair Moock, and their twin daughters.