Hannah Pool was born in Eritrea but was promptly adopted by an English couple who was told that she was an orphan and she was raised mostly in Britain. After learning by chance that her biological father was actually alive she dithered for several years before seeking out her birth family, which turned out to [...]
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February 2, 2008
The Girls: A Novel by Lori Lansens
The Girls is a novel about conjoined twins born during a tornado… that manages not to be neither cute nor freakish, but rather a deep, moving reflection on what autonomy and self-direction mean when you share a body with someone else. Very satisfying story including the ending. Read it!
