Unpacking ‘The Secret Life of Secrets’
In a new book, Michael Slepian considers the costs of keeping quiet.
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Elisabeth Egan
MICHAEL Slepian had just finished presenting the results of his research on secrets at Columbia University when he glanced at his phone and realised he’d missed two calls from his father.
The behavioral scientist was about to learn something his parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles had known for his entire life: that he had been conceived by artificial insemination from an anonymous sperm donor.
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