Lori Lansens's blend of tragedy and comedy will touch you deeply. Love, connection, loyalty, raw humanity and much more are the ingredients of this most unusual novel. Awesome." NOWmagazine "I promise: you will never forget this extraordinary story. There's deep craft at work here.The Girlscommunicates astute insights into the art of the memoir and tackles plot development that would sink most other writers.
Lori Lansens is clearly a novelist with a very delicate touch." Arthur Golden, author ofMemoirs of a Geisha "The Girls, the year's best book to come out of Canada, possibly the world. The two fascinating protagonists of "The Girls" live their lives together in every way, and yet nevertheless emerge with beliefs and desires all their own, and with distinct outlooks on their difficult circumstances. Quite an achievement." Starred Kirkus Review "It is the true test of a writer's mettle to create a convincing narrator, and Lori Lansens has done it not once but twice in her remarkable novel about conjoined twins. An unsentimental, heartwarming page-turner. Lansens has created a richly nuanced, totally believable sibling relationship. The novel's power lies in the wonderful narrative voices of Rose and Ruby. "Lansens overcomes the 'ick' factor in this surprisingly moving story. This is a breathtaking novel, one that no reader will soon forget, a heartrending story of love between sisters. As Rose and Ruby's story builds to an unforgettable conclusion, Lansens aims at the heart of human experience - the hardship of loss and struggles for independence, and the fundamental joy of simply living a life. From their awkward first steps - Ruby's arm curled around Rose's neck, her foreshortened legs wrapped around Rose's hips - to the friendships they gradually build for themselves in the small town of Leaford, this is the profoundly affecting chronicle of an incomparable life journey. When Rose, the bookish sister, sets out to write her autobiography, it inevitably becomes the story of her short but extraordinary life with Ruby, the beautiful one. Now nearing their 30th birthday, they are history's oldest craniopagus twins, joined at the head by as pot the size of a bread plate. They make friends, fall in love, have jobs, love their parents, and follow their dreams.
Since their birth, Rose and Ruby Darlen have been known simply as the girls. Meet Rose and Ruby: sisters, best friends, confidantes, and conjoined twins.
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