The Girls by Lori Lansens

Description

Bibliographic Details

• Author: Lori Lansens
• Title: The Girls
• Publisher: ‎ Little, Brown and Company; First United States Edition (May 2, 2006)
• Language: ‎ English
• Format: Hardcover – 345 pages
• ISBN-10: ‎ 0316069035
• ISBN-13: ‎ 978-0316069038
• Item Weight: ‎ 1.30 pounds
• Dimensions: ‎ 6.25 x 1.25 x 9.5 inches
• Book Condition: Used – Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Edition: First United States Edition

Synopsis:

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 as pot 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 breathtaking novel, one that no reader will soon forget, a heartrending story of love between sisters.

About the Author:

Lori Lansens was born and raised in Chatham, Ontario, a small Canadian town with a remarkable history and a collection of eccentric characters. Living with her family in southern California now, she could not resist the pull of her fictitious ‘Baldoon County’ when she set out to write The Wife's Tale. She took the journey, along with her main character, from Canada to the Pacific Coast of America, where she enjoys the sunshine, and has learned a thing or two about transformation.

She has written several screenplays and is the author of two previous novels, The Girls and Rush Home Road.