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Synopsis
This is the astonishing tale of June and Jennifer Gibbons, identical twins whose silent, antisocial exterior hid a rich, vast, creative life. From early childhood through their twenties, they spoke only to each other in a secret langauge, building an elaborate fantasy life. Then, from their self-imposed isolation, they were catapulted into the hormonal havoc of adolescence, plunging into a wild spree that led to their incarceration in a hospital for the criminally insane. A profoundly powerful and moving story.
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Marjorie Wallace is an award-winning journalist, author, playwright and broadcaster, and has won nine major awards for her journalism, books and plays. She is currently Chief Executive of SANE, the mental health charity, which she helped to found. Marjorie Wallace (Countess Skarbeck) is married and lives in London with her three sons, Sacha, Stefan and Justin, and daughter, Sophia Augusta.
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This true story focuses on the young adult years of identical twin girls. June and Jennifer isolate themselves from family and society, sinking into a world of interdependency, fantasy, and obsessive game-playing, until an arson spree lands them in a hospital for the criminally insane. The fascination of this tale lies in the discrepancy between the twins' silent, emotionless facade and the rich creativity and passion that spills out endlessly in their writing. The author has reconstructed their story from their extensive diaries, in which they compulsively explore their lives and the condition of the world as they perceive it. Again and again, they express both their love and hatred for each other and their desire yet inability to become separate individuals. This book is written by a sympathetic journalist for a general audience.Amy D. Goffman, Registered Physical Therapist, Charlottesville, Va.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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- PublisherLondon: Chatto & Windus
- Publication date1988
- ISBN 10 0701127120
- ISBN 13 9780701127121
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages224
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The Silent Twins
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Originally published in 1986, an account of the life of two extraordinary identical twins whose silent, antisocial exterior hid a rich creative life, but whose isolation eventually led to incarceration in a hospital for the criminally insane, after they had been convicted of a number of arson attacks. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # GOR002029681
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THE SILENT TWINS, Young Gifted, and Trapped,
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Chatto & Windus, William IV Street, London -, 1986
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hardcover, 6¼" x 9", with jacket 230 pages Julie and Jennifer Gibbons are identical twins, who are unable to live together but cannot survive apart. From early childhood they refused to speak to any adult; through adolescence they developed an elaborate fantasy life, recording every detail of their emotions in their passionate struggle for identity. From this isolation they ventured into sprees of drug-taking, sex and arson, ending up at Broadmoor, a specialist hospital, in 1982. [Now a BBC TV Film]. Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, with usual stamps, and stickers. Minor browning to page edges. VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket. Seller Inventory # 40410
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