Description
Growing up, identical twins Paula and Artis speak in one voice-until they can't. After years apart, with lives, partners, and children of their own, they are reunited on the occasion of their father's funeral. Seeking to repair the damage wrought upon their relationship by outside forces, the twins retrace their early lives to uncover what happened-but risk unraveling their carefully constructed cocoons.
Written in spare,lyrical prose,Halfis an achingly beautiful story of intimacy and loss, revealing the complexity-and cost-of sharing your life entirely with someone else. Sharon Harrigan deftly explores how fierce love can also be the very thing that leads to heartbreak and betrayal.
About the Author
Sharon Harrigan teaches at WriterHouse, a nonprofit literary center in Charlottesville, Virginia. She is the author of Playing with Dynamite: A Memoir. Her work has appeared in the New York Times (Modern Love), Narrative, Virginia Quarterly Review, and elsewhere.
Reviews
Half is a bright and inventive novel like no other. I was swept away, mesmerized, pulled into the conspiracy that is twindom, with its exquisite sweetness and cruelty. The mystery that propels the story forward artfully reflects the mystery of twindom itself." - Bonnie Jo Campbell, author of American Salvage
"I loved this novel. I couldn't put it down. In its (nearly) collective narration by sisters, Half reminds me of Jeffrey Eugenides's The Virgin Suicides, but the story is dazzling, startling, and fresh. Half proves irresistible page after lyrical page." - Jesse Lee Kercheval, author of Underground Women
"Innovative and inventive, this novel does the impossible. It makes us believe two people can be so close they are virtually the same person. Harrigan's magic trick is so convincing that when the twins lose their bond, we feel ourselves being broken in half too." - Bret Anthony Johnston, author of Remember Me Like This
Book Information
ISBN 9780299328542
Author Sharon Harrigan
Format Paperback
Page Count 280
Imprint University of Wisconsin Press
Publisher University of Wisconsin Press
Weight(grams) 325g
Dimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 16mm
Written in spare,lyrical prose,Halfis an achingly beautiful story of intimacy and loss, revealing the complexity-and cost-of sharing your life entirely with someone else. Sharon Harrigan deftly explores how fierce love can also be the very thing that leads to heartbreak and betrayal.
About the Author
Sharon Harrigan teaches at WriterHouse, a nonprofit literary center in Charlottesville, Virginia. She is the author of Playing with Dynamite: A Memoir. Her work has appeared in the New York Times (Modern Love), Narrative, Virginia Quarterly Review, and elsewhere.
Reviews
Half is a bright and inventive novel like no other. I was swept away, mesmerized, pulled into the conspiracy that is twindom, with its exquisite sweetness and cruelty. The mystery that propels the story forward artfully reflects the mystery of twindom itself." - Bonnie Jo Campbell, author of American Salvage
"I loved this novel. I couldn't put it down. In its (nearly) collective narration by sisters, Half reminds me of Jeffrey Eugenides's The Virgin Suicides, but the story is dazzling, startling, and fresh. Half proves irresistible page after lyrical page." - Jesse Lee Kercheval, author of Underground Women
"Innovative and inventive, this novel does the impossible. It makes us believe two people can be so close they are virtually the same person. Harrigan's magic trick is so convincing that when the twins lose their bond, we feel ourselves being broken in half too." - Bret Anthony Johnston, author of Remember Me Like This
Book Information
ISBN 9780299328542
Author Sharon Harrigan
Format Paperback
Page Count 280
Imprint University of Wisconsin Press
Publisher University of Wisconsin Press
Weight(grams) 325g
Dimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 16mm
