false <![CDATA[The Girls]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170345197m/47076.jpg 47076 30 Meet Rose and Ruby: sisters, best friends, confidantes, and conjoined twins. <P>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. <P>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. <P>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. 1007854 2005 The Girls total:2749|5:695|4:1167|3:667|2:179|1:41| 2749 10543 3949 729 5 6 false false Mon Aug 04 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 27 14:39:12 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 04 13:42:40 -0700 2008 The God of Small Things (they're both pretty/artsy flowers-on-the-water things) but there's really very little that's similar about the two books, except that they're good. And they have twins in them.

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In what has to be the best blend of heartbreaking sadness and unbelievable joy, author Lori Lansens has managed to write a novel about two girls that you will not soon forget -- if ever. After I finished THE GIRLS, I felt many emotions, but the stronges...more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Dec 11 19:10:13 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 11 19:10:13 -0800 2007 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Wed Jun 20 18:12:24 -0700 2007 Wed Jun 20 18:21:08 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 2 false false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed May 09 08:34:24 -0700 2007 Wed May 09 08:54:16 -0700 2007
The aut...more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Nov 03 02:04:02 -0700 2007 Sat Nov 03 02:23:35 -0700 2007
Rose dreams of being a writer so start her autobiography, Ruby also includes chapter...more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Mar 02 15:36:03 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 22 06:18:12 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 02 15:36:03 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed May 16 17:10:18 -0700 2007 Wed May 16 17:20:51 -0700 2007
My favorite quote from the book is regarding Aunt Lovey. “It was Aunt Lovey’s belief that all ordinary people led extraordinary lives, but just didn’t notice.â...more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Jan 22 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 07 08:33:02 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 22 08:53:46 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Jan 17 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 04 15:53:58 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 21 11:29:07 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Jul 24 10:42:23 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 24 10:43:28 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Aug 26 13:52:46 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 26 13:59:15 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Mar 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 25 14:15:55 -0800 2008 Wed Mar 18 12:02:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Mar 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 10 03:59:10 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 10 04:06:42 -0700 2009 A Map of the World and, although they are completely different books, found the settings so powerfully similar that I kept getting the books confused. The same kids detassling corn in the summer holidays, the same orange-red carpet in the same early 19t...more...]]> 3 0 false true Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 21 20:26:49 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 21 20:27:39 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat May 30 14:19:03 -0700 2009 Sat May 30 14:19:40 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon May 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 18 11:48:14 -0700 2009 Mon May 18 11:51:01 -0700 2009 And throughout the book you had to keep reminding yourself that it wasn't a true story.
Think the book description explains it better then I will LOL

Meet Rose and Ruby: sisters, best friends, confidantes, and conjoined twins.

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