5/10/2023 0 Comments The Girls by Lori Lansensi think she relies a bit too heavily, though, on the idea of the story, knowing the reader will want to hear about conjoined twins, attached at the head. i don't like the few parts where she writes rhyming sentences, but otherwise the writing is pretty good. This is alright, and definitely interesting. Taking it in turns, they embark on a joint memoir (Ruby being somewhat coerced into it) and Lansens’s absorbing, beautifully-crafted novel draws us into their remarkable lives. And as the book begins, they are twenty-nine: if they can only reach thirty, they will be the oldest living pair of craniopagus twins (not actually true: see penultimate paragraph). For Rose and Ruby are craniopagus conjoined twins, joined at the skull. And yet, in one of the most significant ways, they are utterly extraordinary. In many ways they are perfectly ordinary. The girls’ lives have been simple: they grew up with their Aunt Lovey and Uncle Stash in a big old farmhouse on the outskirts of town and now share a bungalow in Leaford itself. Ruby is the pretty one, interested in magazines and TV, but also obsessed with the history and artefacts of the Neutral Nation peoples who once lived in their area. Rose loves books, writing, and watching sports. Despite being twins, they’ve always striven to be different, refusing to wear the same clothes and cultivating different hobbies. Rose and Ruby Darlen have grown up in the small town of Leaford in Baldoon County, Ontario.
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