![]() Born during a tornado to a shocked teenaged mother in the hospital at Leaford, Ontario, they are raised by the nurse who helped usher them into the world. ![]() Rose and Ruby are twenty-nine-year-old conjoined twins. This is a breathtaking novel, one that no reader will soon forget, a heartrending story of love between sisters. In Lori Lansens' astonishing second novel, readers come to know and love two of the most remarkable characters in Canadian fiction. 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.Īs 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. 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. Now nearing their 30th birthday, they are history's oldest craniopagus twins, joined at the head by a pot the size of a bread plate. They make friends, fall in love, have jobs, love their parents, and follow their dreams. In Lansens's second novel, readers come to know Rose and Ruby, 29-year-old conjoined twins. Since their birth, Rose and Ruby Darlen have been known simply as "the girls". ![]() Meet Rose and Ruby: sisters, best friends, confidantes, and conjoined twins. ![]()
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