From "Siblings." Published by Penguin Studio Editions. Reprinted by permission of International Creative Management, INC. Text copyright 1998 Anna Quindlen, photographers copyright 1998 Nick Kelsh.captions by Anna Quindlen ; photos by Nick Kels

Kelsh, Nick

Quindlen, Anna

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CAPTIONS BY ANNA QUINOL E N A t the breakfast table, at least one of the fi ve children wOlild lallnt a brother or sister to tea rs. BUl on th e way to se hou l, t he Kclsh kids bec.!lme co mrades, protecting each othe r frolll bu lli es and othe r haz, .!l rds. " In olle day there were so mally li pS and downs, su many emot ions," recalls N ick Kc lsh , BJ 'SJ, whose photugraphs in a ncw book, S ibliflg.~, capture t he eS.~e l1cc of life's longest -lasting relationship. "" I looked for a ll of those class ic mOlllents I remembered from my chi ldhood ami the childhoods of Ill)' siblings, and photographed t he children around mc now: Ollr neighbors, my SOIl "S fri ends, his class mates," Kclsh says, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ann a Quindlen, also one ofllve chi ldren, wrote the book 's essays. exploring the cradle of rivalry and loya lty, disdain and tenderness. [n thisscciliel to their bestse lling book N alred Dabies, Kcl.s h and ~lilld le n bring into focus thecmotiunal cnerg), of real siblings in real life . • -Carol HUII/.c r I'~OM SIf!LI '"9S 1>UIIL.L~"~D ~y 1'F.NOU'''' STuDIO I!JIITIOI'<li . RJ:.v~'NT~U AY I'I!kM 1SSIOI'< or 1 r-;rP. ~NAT'ONAI_ C~ IlATlVP. M .. N.WO'Ul.'lT. INC. T eXT C{)PHIOIIT C 1998 ANNA ~lStll.F.N. 1)ItOTOOUP1 I~ COf'\"R1Gtrr c 1998 NICI: Km ... Jt 16 They could fight, too, and wrestle, try to pin one another down, demand " Uncle. " HlnOI WINTllR 1999 W1NTP.R 1999 IIIlZOl As though our households were theate rs, as they are, we e nter on cue and take th e seat that is not filled . The clown, the thinker, the 17 This is what it means to have brothers and sisters, I suppose, in the last analysis: There is no icc to break. What bliss, to be the baby, and to find the many ways there are not to behave like one .... [Butl having siblings means that someone has to be the youngest one, forever and ever . .. . HI!!DlI WINTIl II. 1999 WINTI! R 1999 HIZZDl Each of us rides the toboggan of experi ence down the hill; by the time it is the turn of the youngest, the hill is smooth and sli ck and perfectly prepared . I') They played together fairly peacefully, held hands walking do",," the street once the double stroller had been outgro""n. III ZZOII WINTER !999 \ VINl'l!R 1999 · . . When I saw the two of them, their heads bent together over a game, one dark, one fair, I felt that I had made a perfect world that would continue long after I was gone. They shared a room and, at night, little boy conversation would come to us in fits and starts. IIi ZZO I 21 

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