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'I promise: you will never forget this extraordinary story. Love, connection, loyalty, raw humanity and much more are the ingredients of this most unusual novel. Lori Lansens' blend of tragedy and comedy will touch you deeply' Isabel AllendeRead More

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    'I have never looked into my sister's eyes. I have never bathed alone. I have never stood in the grass at night and raised my arms to a beguiling moon. I've never used an aeroplane bathroom. Or worn a hat. Or been kissed like that...So many things I've never done but oh how I've been loved. And if such things were to be I'd live a thousand times as me to be loved so exponentially' The girls Rose and Ruby Darlen were both joined at the head (craniopagus twins) in a rural farming community in 1974. Abandoned by their frightened teenage mother they are adopted by the eccentric nurse who attended their birth and her husband a gentle immigrant butcher. The sisters attempt to lead a normal life but can't help being extraordinary. Now almost thirty Rose and Ruby are on the verge of becoming the oldest living craniopagus twins in history. Rose has a passion for writing and The Girls is her version of life as a conjoined twin. Rose and Ruby are attached at the head but their struggles and triumphs remind us that connection is central to us all.

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    I have never looked into my sister's eyes. I have never bathed alone. I have never stood in the grass at night and raised my arms to a beguiling moon. I've never used an aeroplane bathroom. Or worn a hat. Or been kissed like that... So many things I've never done, but oh, how I've been loved. And, if such things were to be, I'd live a thousand times as me, to be loved so exponentially'In twenty-nine years, Rose Darlen has never spent a moment apart from her twin sister, Ruby. She has never gone for a solitary walk or had a private conversation. Yet, in all that time, she has never once looked into Ruby's eyes. Joined at the head, 'The Girls' (as they are known in their small town) attempt to lead a normal life, but can't help being extraordinary. Now almost thirty, Rose and Ruby are on the verge of becoming the oldest living craniopagus twins in history, but they are remarkable for a lot more than their unusual sisterly bond.

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    The Girls : Paperback : Little, Brown Book Group : 9781844083664 : : 11 Jan 2007 : I promise: you will never forget this extraordinary story. Love, connection, loyalty, raw humanity and much more are the ingredients of this most unusual novel. Lori Lansens' blend of tragedy and comedy will touch you deeply' Isabel Allende

  • 1844083667
  • 9781844083664
  • Lori Lansens
  • 11 January 2007
  • Virago
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 352
  • New Ed
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