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A brilliant, disquieting first novel about a pair of conjoined twins who are deeply unhappy in each other's company. Nora, the dominant twin, is strong, funny, and deeply independent, thirsting for love and adventure. Blanche, by contrast, has been sleeping for nearly twenty years. Finally sick of carrying her sister's dead weight, Nora decides she wants her other half gone for good, so she leaves San Francisco for London in search of the mysterious Unity Foundation, which promises to make two one. And that one, of course, will be Nora -- Blanche will be mourned, but not missed.But once Nora arrives in London, her past begins to surface in surprising and disturbing ways, forcing her into a most reluctant voyage into memory. Something seems to be drawing Nora's thoughts back to the site of her rather unusual conception, birth, and childhood -- the reconstructed ghost town of Too Bad, Nevada, where lizards skitter across the playa and "Shootout at Noon" comes every day. Searching for meaning and understanding in both her own and Blanche's past, Nora pushes herself to the brink of insanity -- and begins to question her own, and Blanche's, grip on the truth. Grotesque, funny, intricately wrought, verbally and conceptually dazzling, Shelley Jackson's first novel is an imaginative and touching portrait of two lives in a cleft world yearning for wholeness -- a world not unlike our own.
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- Title Half Life
- Author Shelley Jackson
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition 1st/1st
- Pages 448
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Harper, New York
- Date July 25, 2006
- ISBN 9780060882358 / 0060882352
- Weight 1.64 lbs (0.74 kg)
- Dimensions 9 x 6 x 1.37 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 3.48 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Conjoined twins
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2006041089
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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New York, New York, U.S.A. : Harper, 2006. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Author's notable debut novel (effusively praised by Jonathan Lethem and Kelly Link), following a collection of stories, THE MELANCHOLY OF ANATOMY, and a hypertext novel, PATCHWORK GIRL.Jackson is also the author of several children's books, and "Skin," a story published in tattoos on the skin of nearly three thousand volunteers. As new, first edition, first printing, in as new, mylar-published dust jacket. {Not remainder-marked or price-clipped} L146
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New York: HarperCollins, 2006. CN3 - An uncorrected proof paperback book SIGNED by author on the title page in very good condition that has some bumped corners, wrinkling, chipping, crease, and light stains, light discoloration and shelf wear. In the tradition of Middlesex and Geek Love comes an offbeat, fascinating, and sometimes disturbing first novel about a pair of murderously unhappily "Siamese" twins. 9"x6", 448 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Signed by Author. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Advance Reading Copy (ARC).
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