"Gerbrand Bakker’s writing is fabulously clear, so clear that each sentence leaves a rippling wake."–Los Angeles Times "A novel of restrained tenderness and laconic humour."–J.M. Coetzee "Human dramas are offset by landscape and animals feelingly delineated, and David Colmer’s translation is distinguished by an exceptional (and crucial) ear for dialogue."–Paul Binding, The Independent "Stealthy, seductive story-telling that draws you into a world of silent rage and quite unexpected relationships. Compelling and convincing from beginning to end."–Tim Parks When his twin brother dies in a car accident, Helmer is obliged to return from university life to take over his brother’s role on the small family farm, resigning himself to spending the rest of his days with his head under a cow. Thirty years later, Helmer moves his invalid father upstairs to have him out of the way. Soon after, Riet, once engaged to marry Helmer’s twin, appears and asks if she and her troubled eighteen-year-old son could come to live with them on the farm. Ostensibly a novel about the canals, the green fields, and the unrelenting flatness of the Dutch countryside, The Twin ultimately opens itself to the possibility or impossibility of taking life into one’s own hands. It chronicles a way of life that has resisted modernity and is culturally apart, yet is riven with longing. Gerbrand Bakker studied Dutch literature and worked subtitling nature films before becoming a gardener. The Twin, his first novel, appeared in Dutch in 2006 and was awarded the Golden Dog-Ear Prize for the best-selling literary debut in the Netherlands. David Colmer is a writer and translator. He is a two-time winner of the David Reid Poetry Translation Prize.
"Double born. Twice the blessing. Double kids. Twice the messing." Twins mean double the kisses and double the fun. It’s double the joy for everyone
Do you have a very best friend? In the whole wide world? Or a super special, can’t-live-without-him-or-her sister or brother? If you do, then you know exactly how Twin 1 and Twin 2 feel about each other, and you will especially love tagging along on the big adventures they encounter as very active 7-year-old girls.
Finished in pure white paint over solid wood. Assembles as a twin over twin bunk bed. Add the 270-077 trundle for extra sleep space. Tested and certified by an independent testing laboratory to meet safety specifications of ASTM F1427-07 and CPSC U.S. 16 CFR Parts 1213 and 1513. Some assembly required.; Features: Twin over Twin Bunk Bed; Provides extra sleep space.; Solid Wood; Pure White Finish; Some assembly required; Dimensions: 80-1/2″ x 42-3/8″ x 60-5/8″ tall
Men’s 2.7 oz EDT Spray. After fragrant duo Now Azzaro presents a new fragrant pair Twin. These are editions Twin for Women and Twin for Men in black and white flacons shaped just like the previous pair Now.Twin for Men is composed of bergamot green apple mandarin sweet almonds patchouli nutmeg rosewood and sandalwood.
Women’s 2.7 oz EDT Spray. After the fragrant pair Azzaro Now introduced in 2007 (Now Men Now Women) new fragrant twins arrive on the market this year. Twin for Women and Twin for Men are available in black and white bottles of the same shape as their antecedents. Twin for Women is available in a white flacon and includes notes of rose peach almond tree flower iris and musk.
Born a conjoined twin, thirteen-year-old Noah bears the secret guilt of being the only survivor, and now finds himself in the care of a stranger with a secret of her own.
When twin giants set out in search of happiness, the result is a comedy of errors that is doubly clever and enormously funny. "Isn’t he e-nor-mous " says the giant father when his first twin son is born. "There’s a-lot-uv-’im " notes the giant mother when the second twin boy arrives. And as Normus (a vegetarian) and Lottavim (a carnivore) grow and grow, the two are hugely happy — playing Roll the Boulder, singing badly, and doing everything together. But when the day comes for the hulking lads to seek the giantesses of their dreams, will going their separate ways only lead them into double trouble?
A heartbreaking yet deeply hopeful memoir about life as a twin in the face of autism. When Allen Shawn and his twin sister, Mary, were two, Mary began exhibiting signs of what would be diagnosed many years later as autism. Understanding Mary and making her life a happy one appeared to be impossible for the Shawns. At the age of eight, with almost no warning, her parents sent Mary to a residential treatment center. She never lived at home again. Fifty years later, as he probed the sources of his anxieties in Wish I Could Be There, Shawn realized that his fate was inextricably linked to his sister’s, and that their natures were far from being different. Twin highlights the difficulties American families coping with autism faced in the 1950s. Shawn also examines the secrets and family dramas as his father, William, became editor of The New Yorker. Twin reconstructs a parallel narrative for the two siblings, who experienced such divergent fates yet shared talents and proclivities. Wrenching, honest, understated, and poetic, Twin is at heart about the mystery of being inextricably bonded to someone who can never be truly understood.
Maddie Farrell is about to get a double surprise–not only is she an heiress, she has a secret twin sister What’s more, their inheritance depends on temporarily switching places. Unexpected bonus? Sex with her sister’s superhot roommate, Jase Campbell But he’s just a passing–if mind-blowing–distraction. Because as soon as the twin switch is over, Maddie’s heading home. Unless she can’t outrun the killer who’d rather see her dead than inherit. Or Jase, who’d like to keep blowing her mind–permanently
Jude Deveraux entwines the frontier adventures of two unforgettable sisters — demure beauty Houston Chandler and her independent, hot-tempered twin Blair — who discover heartfelt passions as powerfully compelling as ice and fire…. Twin of Ice Happily betrothed to Dr. Lee Westfield, Houston is every bit the good girl she was raised to be. So when faced with Kane Taggert’s brash marriage proposal, Houston is outwardly shocked. But beneath her gracious demeanor lies a woman of hidden longings — and her defenses begin to melt the second this rugged stranger touches his hungry lips to hers. Meet Houston’s impetuous sister, Blair Chandler, in Jude Deveraux’s "Twin of Fire" — available from Pocket Books
Lucy Sexton is stunned when her mother’s identical twin sister shows up at the family’s front door one day. Separated at birth, the two women have had dramatically different upbringings, and Lucy’s mother, Aliese, will do anything to make it up to Helen–including taking Helen into their home and turning her into a lady that all of society will admire. Aunt Helen’s transformation is remarkable. But is it just Lucy’s imagination, or does Helen seem to enjoy being mistaken for Lucy’s mother? Then, on New Year’s Day, Lucy is horrified to find her aunt and mother tied to chairs in the parlor. One of them has been brutally murdered–but which twin has died? Surely her daughter will know… Filled with shocking twists and turns, "The Twin’s Daughter" is an engrossing gothic novel of betrayals and secrets that will keep readers guessing until the end.
From popular author Donna Fletcher comes an intriguing romance about a man who must chose between identical twin sisters. When Fiona of the MacElder clan is told that she must wed Tarr of Hellewyk so the two clans can unite, she is furious that she has to marry a man she does not love. Fortunately, Fiona’s identical twin sister Aliss also cannot imagine a worse fate than a forced marriage and the two boldly concoct an outlandish scheme — to become indistinguishable to the groom — and it works. Tarr, frustrated that he cannot tell the difference between Fiona and Aliss, nevertheless finds himself drawn to a particular twin. Unfortunately, as soon it becomes clear to him that Fiona is the one who has captured his heart, Tarr must battle with an unexpected enemy to keep his newfound love.
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Thirteen-year-old Sunny runs away from her current foster parent in search of her twin sister, from whom she was separated ten years earlier. On the way, sheAll face a tornado, bullies, and a stray dogA and the fact that her sister may not be who Sunny hoped she would be.
There were two brothers. That’s it, they were brothers all right. But they didn’t know what life had in store for them. Little did they know that they would save their little village. They were going to have a whole world of carnage ahead of them. These brothers were the Twin Shadowspires.
When the king cannot decide which of his twin sons should take over his thrown, he decides that the two should have a horse race, but when the siblings discover that the winner of the thrown would be the last person to finish the race, the two are equally confused as to how to handle such an unusual competition.
