Book Cover The Girls

The Girls

of Lori Lansens (Goodreads Author)

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3.79 (20420 reviews)
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Meet Rose and Ruby: sisters, best friends, confidantes, and conjoined twins. Since their birth, Rose and Ruby Darlen have been known simply as "the girls." They make friends, fall in love, have jobs, love their parents, and follow their dreams. But the Darlens are special. Now nearing their 30th birthday, they are history's oldest craniopagus twins, joined at the head by a spot the size of a bread plate. 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. 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.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. This is a breath taking novel, one that no reader will soon forget, a heartrending story of love between sisters.

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Fiction Fiction Contemporary Canada Adult Fiction Book Club Adult Chick Lit Family Drama Coming Of Age

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Book Details

  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 368 pages
  • Publisher Back Bay Books
  • Publication Date April 10th 2007
  • First Publication 10/28/05
  • Language English
  • ISBN 9780316066341
  • Edition Not informed
  • Category Fiction
  • Scenario ['Canada']

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