The Writer’s Center welcomes writer Shira Kundinger for a reading from her memoir, InConceivable: How My Parents Survived the Joy and Chaos of Raising Quintuplets . Shira is joined in conversation by writer Tyson Koska.
FREE & open to the public. RSVP below.
Shira Pisner Kundinger’s first memoir recounts the unique experiences growing up as a quintuplet in Olney, Maryland. Widowed with a small child at 33, she found much of the strength and courage to heal in the foundations of her childhood. She hopes this book will inspire others to reflect on their own unique experiences and share their stories.
Taking the scenic route to a life in letters, Tyson Koska spent four years as a helicopter pilot before earning degrees in English and philosophy. During his subsequent twenty-five-years in software development, Tyson moonlighted as an adjunct professor at Towson University, and has also written two books on Baltimore’s gloriously peculiar music scene. He is now president and executive editor of BrickHouse Books, Maryland’s oldest literary press.
About the Book
Five children at once. How did they do it?
Their baby pictures made LIFE. Barbara Walters met them in infancy and returned as they prepared for college. CBS’s 48 Hours even broadcast their driving tests. What was it like to grow up as one of five children the country already knew? Shira, the only girl among the Pisner quintuplets, brings together her own memories and her parents’ voices to tell the family story behind those headlines.
Five children, all the same age. Two parents figuring it out as they go. From round-the-clock baby care and a diaper van to school days and leaving home, this intimate memoir reveals the ingenious logistics, everyday laughter, and extraordinary love that helped five siblings become five distinct people.
If you’ve ever raised a child, grown up with siblings, or wondered what happens after the cameras leave, pull up a chair. Meet the resourceful, overwhelmed, wonderfully human family who lived this remarkable story.
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