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008			230419s2006 nyu 000 1 eng d
020			_a9780316069038
040			_cQCPL _erda
082			_aFic
100	1		_aLansens, Lori _eauthor
245	1	4	_aThe girls _b: a novel _c/ Lori Lansens
250			_aFirst United States edition
264		1	_aNew York : _bLittle, Brown and Company, _c2006
300			_a345 pages
336			_2rdacontent _atext
337			_2rdamedia _aunmediated
338			_2rdacarrier _avolume
520			_aMeet 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.
650			_aConjoined twins _vFiction
655		7	_2lcgft _910524 _aPsychological fiction
942			_2ddc _cBOOK