![]() ![]() Rose, the budding writer, physically carries her weaker and smaller sister Ruby, the beautiful one, as she calls her, on her right hip. However, while their cerebral tissues are meshed, they have distinctly separate brains and so have different personalities. According to the description of the condition at the start of the book, the girls are estimated to share 100 veins as well as skull bones. Written as a fictional autobiography, Lansens uses this narrative structure to emphasise the individual identity of both Rose and Ruby, despite their conjoinment at the head by a spot the size of a bread plate. Narrated by the twins themselves, Rose and Ruby Darlen are history’s longest-living craniopagus, conjoined twins. The Girls is the screenwriter and novelist’s second novel, published in 2005. The author Lori Lansens was born and raised in Chatham, Ontario, a small Canadian town with a remarkable history as a terminus on the Underground Railroad, which became the setting for her first three bestselling novels. Now almost thirty, Rose and Ruby are on the verge of becoming the oldest living craniopagus twins in history, but they are remarkable for a lot more than their unusual sisterly bond.” Joined at the head, ‘The Girls’ (as they are known in their small town) attempt to lead a normal life, but can’t help being extraordinary. ![]() Yet, in all that time, she has never once looked into Ruby’s eyes. ![]() She has never gone for a solitary walk or had a private conversation. “In twenty-nine years, Rose Darlen has never spent a moment apart from her twin sister Ruby. ![]()
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